Adhyaya 34 Mantra 53 - Shukla Yajurveda | Chinese | Vedapath

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 34, Mantra 53

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within the Viśve Devāḥ/Rudra-Agni complex; specific ṛṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists.

Devata: Ahi Budhnya; Aja Ekapād; Pṛthivī; Samudra; Viśve Devāḥ (collective).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant cadence; mixed invocatory style).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उ॒त नोऽहि॑र्बु॒ध्न्य॒: शृणोत्व॒ज एक॑पात्पृथि॒वी स॑मु॒द्रः । विश्वे॑ दे॒वा ऋ॑ता॒वृधो॑ हुवा॒ना स्तु॒ता मन्त्रा॑: कविश॒स्ता अ॑वन्तु

Transliteration

utá no’ḥír budhnyàḥ śṛṇotu ajá ékapāt pṛthivī́ samudráḥ | víśve devā́ ṛtā́vṛdho huvānā́ stutā́ mantrā́ḥ kaviśastā́ avantu

Translation

愿阿希·布德尼亚垂听我等；愿阿阇·一足者、愿大地与大海（亦垂听）。愿一切诸天——增益ṛta（宇宙正法、秩序）者——在被祈请之时；愿受赞之诸咒、为圣贤所称颂者，护佑并成就我等。

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

उत । नः । अहिः । बुध्न्यः । शृणोतु । अजः । एकपात् । पृथिवी । समुद्रः । विश्वे । देवाः । ऋत-वृधः । हुवानाः । स्तुताः । मन्त्राः । कवि-शस्ताः । अवन्तु

Word by Word

उतand, also

नःof us / for us

अहिःthe serpent (Ahi)

बुध्न्यःthe one of the deep (Budhnya)

शृणोतुmay (he) hear

अजःAja (the Unborn/Goat—deity name)

एकपात्Ekapāt (One-footed—deity)

पृथिवीEarth

समुद्रःOcean

विश्वेall

देवाःgods

ऋतावृधःincreasers of ṛta (cosmic order)

हुवानाःcalling/invoking

स्तुताःpraised

मन्त्राःmantras

कविशस्ताःpraised by seers/poets

अवन्तुmay (they) protect/help

Entities Mentioned

Ahi Budhnya

Aja Ekapād

Pṛthivī

Samudra

Viśve Devāḥ (ṛtāvṛdhaḥ)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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