Adhyaya 37 Mantra 16 - Shukla Yajurveda | Chinese | Vedapath

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Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 37, Mantra 16

Rishi: Pravargya transmission (not consistently specified)

Devata: Sūrya/Agni as tapojāḥ (heat-born deity)

Chandas: Liturgical mixed cadence (Pravargya corpus)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ध॒र्ता दि॒वो वि भा॑ति॒ तप॑सस्पृथि॒व्यां ध॒र्ता दे॒वो दे॒वाना॒मम॑र्त्यस्तपो॒जाः । वाच॑म॒स्मे नि य॑च्छ देवा॒युव॑म्

Transliteration

dhartā́ divó ví bhāti tápasā pr̥thivyā́ṃ dhartā́ devó devā́nām ámartyas tapojā́ḥ | vā́cam asmē ní yaccha deva ā́yuvam

Translation

天之支持者以光辉照耀；以苦行之热力，于大地上亦为支持者——诸神之神，不死者，热力所生。神啊，请使言语在我们内安立，并赐予充盈的生命气息。

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

ध॒र्ता । दि॒वः । वि । भा॑ति । तप॑सा । पृ॒थि॒व्याम् । ध॒र्ता । दे॒वः । दे॒वाना॑म् । अम॑र्त्यः । त॒पः॒जाः । वाच॑म् । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । नि । य॒च्छ॒ । दे॒व॒ । आ॒युव॑म् ।

Word by Word

धर्ताsupporter, sustainer

दिवःof heaven/sky

विapart, forth (intensifier)

भातिshines

तपसाby heat/ardour, by tapas

पृथिव्याम्on/in the earth

धर्ताsupporter, sustainer

देवःthe god

देवानाम्of the gods

अमर्त्यःimmortal

तपोजाःborn of tapas/ardour

वाचम्speech

अस्मेto/for us

निdown, in; firmly

यच्छrestrain, bestow/appoint (imperative)

देवO god

आयुवम्life, vital force (long life)

Entities Mentioned

Sūrya

Agni (tapojāḥ)

Deva of the Devas (immortal upholder)

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Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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