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यजुर्वेद - अध्याय 13/ मन्त्र 54
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अ॒यं पु॒रो भुव॒स्तस्य॑ प्रा॒णो भौ॑वा॒यनो व॑स॒न्तः प्रा॑णाय॒नो गा॑य॒त्री वा॑स॒न्ती गा॑य॒त्र्यै गा॑य॒त्रं गा॑य॒त्रादु॑पा॒शुरु॑पा॒शोस्त्रि॒वृत् त्रि॒वृतो॑ रथन्त॒रं वसि॑ष्ठ॒ऽ ऋषिः॑ प्र॒जाप॑तिगृहीतया॒ त्वया॑ प्राणं गृ॑ह्णामि प्र॒जाभ्यः॑॥५४॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठअ॒यम्। पु॒रः। भुवः॑। तस्य॑। प्रा॒णः। भौ॒वा॒य॒न इति॑ भौवऽआ॒य॒नः। व॒स॒न्तः॒। प्रा॒णा॒य॒न इति॑ प्राणऽआ॒य॒नः। गा॒य॒त्री। वा॒स॒न्ती। गा॒य॒त्र्यै। गा॒य॒त्रम्। गा॒य॒त्रात्। उ॒पा॒शुरित्यु॑पऽअ॒ꣳशुः। उ॒पा॒शोरित्यु॑पऽअ॒ꣳशोः। त्रि॒वृदिति॑ त्रि॒ऽवृत्। त्रि॒वृत॒ इति॑ त्रि॒ऽवृतः॑। र॒थ॒न्त॒रमिति॑ रथम्ऽत॒रम्। वसि॑ष्ठः। ऋषिः॑। प्र॒जाप॑तिगृहीत॒येति॑ प्र॒जाप॑तिऽगृहीतया। त्वया॑। प्रा॒णम्। गृ॒ह्णा॒मि॒। प्र॒जाभ्य॒ इति॑ प्र॒जाभ्यः॑ ॥५४ ॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
अयम्पुरो भुवस्तस्य प्राणो भौवनायो वसन्तः प्राण्यनो गायत्री वासन्ती गायत्र्यै गायत्रङ्गायत्रादुपाँशुरुपाँशोस्त्रिवृत्त्रिवृतो रथन्तरँवसिष्ठऽऋषिः । प्रजापतिगृहीतया त्वया प्राणङ्गृह्णामि प्रजाभ्यः ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठ
अयम्। पुरः। भुवः। तस्य। प्राणः। भौवायन इति भौवऽआयनः। वसन्तः। प्राणायन इति प्राणऽआयनः। गायत्री। वासन्ती। गायत्र्यै। गायत्रम्। गायत्रात्। उपाशुरित्युपऽअꣳशुः। उपाशोरित्युपऽअꣳशोः। त्रिवृदिति त्रिऽवृत्। त्रिवृत इति त्रिऽवृतः। रथन्तरमिति रथम्ऽतरम्। वसिष्ठः। ऋषिः। प्रजापतिगृहीतयेति प्रजापतिऽगृहीतया। त्वया। प्राणम्। गृह्णामि। प्रजाभ्य इति प्रजाभ्यः॥५४॥
Translation -
This, in front, is the Bhuvah (the fire, existing everywhere). (1) The offspring of that Bhuvah is the Prana (the vital breath). (2) The offspring of the Ргапа is Vasanta (the spring season). (3) The daughter of Vasanta is the Gayatri metre. (4) From the Gayatri, the Gayatra Ѕаman. (5) From the Gayatra, upamsu. (6) From the Upamsu, the Trivrt hymn (of 3 x 3=9 verses). (7) From the Trivrt hymn, the Rathantara, Saman. (8) Vasistha is the seer. (9) With you taken from the creator Lord, I secure Prana (the life) for our progeny. (10)
Notes -
Іп ritual, the sacrificer lays fifty prānabhrt bricks, two at a time with a formula for each set and ten for each kandikā. Purah, in front of. Also, in the East. Bhuvah, भवति सर्वरूपेण इति भवत्यस्मात् सर्वं इति वा भुव:, that exists in every form, or each and everything is born of it, i. e. agni, the fire, Bhauvayanah, भुवस्य अपत्यं , the offspring of bhuvah. Pranayanah, प्राणस्य अपत्यं, the offspring of prana, the vital breath. Upamsu, उपांशु ग्रह: the first ladleful of Soma juice pressed out with low voiced recitations. In this and the following four kandikis, a region is mentioned, e. g. East, South, West, North and Above. Then as tts offspring some season is mentioned. The offspring of that season is some metre, e. g. Gayatri etc. The offspring of that metre is some saman, such as gayatram etc. From that атап is born some graha, a measure of Soma juice, e. g. updmsu. From that graha is bom some stoma, a praise-song, such as trivrt stoma, From that stoma is born a prstham, a particular arrangement of samans, e. g. rathantaram prstham. After this a rsi, seer is mentioned. He is not born from the preceding prstham, but he is merely mentioned. Thereafter some faculty is mentioned which the sacrificer prays to obtain from all this assembly of regions. seasons, metres etc. such as pránam, manah, etc. Logic of all this arrangement is difficult to understand and still more difficult to make others understand though the Satapatha and the commentators have tried hard to put up some convincing explanation. Even the names of the rsis have been interpreted etymologically. Vasistha, Bharadvaja, Jamadagni, ViSvimitra and Vi$vakarmáà have been analyzed etymologically. Vasisthah, वसति अधितिष्ठति सर्वजंतून् इति वस्ता अतिशयेन वस्ता वसिष्ठ: सर्वाधार: that which resides in all the living beings; best among them; the support and sustainer of all. प्राणौ वै वसिष्ठ:, vital breath is verily vasistha.
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