Adhyaya 29 Mantra 36 - Shukla Yajurveda | Chinese | Vedapath

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Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 29, Mantra 36

Rishi: Śukla-Yajurvedic ritual tradition (redactional attribution under Yājñavalkya).

Devata: Agni (and ‘the gods’ as consumers of havis)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स॒द्यो जा॒तो व्य॑मिमीत य॒ज्ञम॒ग्निर्दे॒वाना॑मभवत् पुरो॒गाः । अ॒स्य होतु॑: प्र॒दिश्यृ॒तस्य॑ वा॒चि स्वाहा॑कृतᳪ ह॒विर॑दन्तु दे॒वाः

Transliteration

sadyó jātó vy àmimīta yajñám agnír devā́nām abhavat purogā́ḥ | asyá hotúḥ pradíśy ṛtásya vā́ci svā́hākṛtaṃ havír adantu devā́ḥ ||

Translation

新生之时，他立刻量定祭祀；阿耆尼（Agni）成为诸神的先导。依此祭司 Hotṛ（呼多罗）所分派之职，在ṛta（正法、真理秩序）的言语中，愿诸神享用以“svāhā（娑嚩诃）”所成之供献。

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

स॒द्यः । जा॒तः । वि । अ॒मि॒मी॒त । य॒ज्ञम् । अ॒ग्निः । दे॒वाना॑म् । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । पु॒रः॒गाः । अ॒स्य । होतुः॑ । प्र॒दिश्य॑ । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । वा॒चि । स्वाहा॑कृतम् । ह॒विः । अ॒द॒न्तु । दे॒वाः

Word by Word

सद्यःimmediately, at once

जातःborn

विapart, forth (intensifier)

अमिमीतmeasured out, apportioned

यज्ञम्the sacrifice

अग्निःAgni (fire-god)

देवानाम्of the gods

अभवत्became

पुरोगाःgoing in front, leader

अस्यof this (rite/one)

होतुःof the Hotṛ (invoking priest)

प्रदिश्यृतस्यof the duly directed/ordered (and) ritually correct

वाor

वाचिin/with the speech (utterance)

स्वाहाsvāhā (offering-call)

कृतम्made, prepared

हविःthe oblation

अदन्तुlet (them) eat/consume

देवाःthe gods

Entities Mentioned

Agni

Viśve Devāḥ (the gods collectively)

Hotṛ (priestly function)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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