Mantra 53

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (school attribution)

Devata: Aśvinau, Sarasvatī, Indra (with vaṣaṭ as operative liturgical force)

Chandas: Yajus/prose-formula

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दे॒वा दे॒वानां॑ भि॒षजा॒ होता॑रा॒विन्द्र॑म॒श्विना॑ । व॒ष॒ट्का॒रै॒: सर॑स्वती॒ त्विषिं॒ न हृद॑ये म॒तिᳪ होतृ॑भ्यां दधुरिन्द्रि॒यं व॑सु॒वने॑ वसु॒धेय॑स्य व्यन्तु॒ यज॑

Transliteration

devā́ devā́nāṃ bhiṣájā hótārāv índram aśvínā | vaṣaṭkā́raiḥ sárasvatī tvíṣiṃ ná hṛ́daye matíṃ hótr̥bhyāṃ dadhur indríyaṃ vasuváne vasudhèyasyá vyantu yája

Translation

诸神之神、医者、二位祭司（Hotṛ）——阿湿毗尼双神为因陀罗（而来）；以“vaṣaṭ”呼声，萨拉斯瓦蒂（相应）。犹如光辉在心中为思（mati），由二位Hotṛ他们赐予因陀罗之威力（indriya）。于求取财富（vasuvana）、积聚宝藏（vasudheya）之事，愿他们广布（此福）；汝当献祭（yaja）！

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

दे॒वा । दे॒वानाम् । भि॒षजा॑ । होता॑रौ । इन्द्र॑म् । अ॒श्विना॑ । व॒ष॒ट्का॒रैः । सर॑स्वती । त्विषि॑म् । न । हृद॑ये । म॒तिम् । होतृ॑भ्याम् । दधुः । इ॒न्द्रि॒यम् । व॒सु॒वने॑ । व॒सु॒धेय॑स्य । व्यन्तु॑ । यज॑

Word by Word

देवाःthe gods

देवानाम्of the gods

भिषजाas/with the physician (healer)

होतारौthe two Hotṛ-priests / invokers

इन्द्रम्Indra

अश्विनाthe two Aśvins

वषट्कारैःwith the vaṣaṭ-calls

सरस्वतीSarasvatī

त्विषिम्splendour, brilliance

नnot

हृदयेin the heart

मतिम्thought, intention

होतृभ्याम्by/with the two Hotṛs

दधुःthey placed, they put

इन्द्रियम्vigour, power

वसुवनेin the winning of wealth

वसुधेयस्यof the bestowal of wealth

व्यन्तुlet them enjoy/distribute; let them partake

यजsacrifice! worship!

Entities Mentioned

Aśvinau

Indra

Sarasvatī

Vaṣaṭ (liturgical force)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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