Adhyaya 25 Mantra 37 - Shukla Yajurveda | Chinese | Vedapath

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Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 25, Mantra 37

Rishi: Vājasaneyin Aśvamedha tradition (school attribution)

Devata: Devāḥ (recipients); Agni (agent/purifier) explicitly named

Chandas: Irregular ritual verse

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मा त्वा॒ऽग्निर्ध्व॑नयीद्धू॒मग॑न्धि॒र्मोखा भ्राज॑न्त्य॒भि वि॑क्त॒ जघ्रि॑: । इ॒ष्टं वी॒तम॒भिगू॑र्तं॒ वष॑ट्कृतं॒ तं दे॒वास॒: प्रति॑ गृभ्ण॒न्त्यश्व॑म्

Transliteration

mā́ tvā́gnír dhvanayīd dhūmagándhir mókhā bhrā́janti abhí vikta jághriḥ | iṣṭáṃ vītám abhígūrtaṃ váṣaṭkr̥taṃ táṃ devā́saḥ práti gr̥bhṇanty áśvam

Translation

愿阿耆尼（Agni）不使汝噼啪作响；愿烟熏之臭不染于汝；愿乌迦（ukhā）不向汝炫耀灼光，仿佛汝已被嗅闻而受损。既已奉献，既已赢得，既蒙悦纳，且以“瓦沙特”（Vaṣaṭ）而成圣——诸天神迎受此马。

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

मा । त्वा । अग्निः । ध्वनयीत् । धूम-गन्धिः । मा । उखा । भ्राजन्ति । अभि । विक्त । जघ्रिः । इष्टम् । वीतम् । अभि-गूर्तम् । वषट्-कृतम् । तम् । देवासः । प्रति । गृभ्णन्ति । अश्वम् ।

Word by Word

माdo not

त्वाyou (as object)

अग्निःAgni (fire)

ध्वनयीत्should make resound / should roar

धूमगन्धिःsmoke-scented (one)

मोखा(your) muzzle / mouth-opening

भ्राजन्तीshining

अभिtowards, upon

विक्तhaving been loosened/separated (i.e., opened)

जघ्रिःhas smelled / has sniffed

इष्टम्the desired/cherished (offering)

वीतम्the pursued/obtained (offering)

अभिगूर्तम्well-praised / duly invoked

वषट्कृतम्made with the vaṣaṭ-call

तम्that

देवासःthe gods

प्रतिtowards, in return

गृभ्णन्तिseize, take, accept

अश्वम्the horse

Entities Mentioned

Agni

Devāḥ

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