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यजुर्वेद - अध्याय 7/ मन्त्र 12
ऋषिः - काश्यप ऋषिः
देवता - विश्वेदेवा देवताः
छन्दः - निचृत् आर्षी जगती,निचृत् आर्षी पङ्क्ति,
स्वरः - निषादः, पञ्चमः
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तं प्र॒त्नथा॑ पू॒र्वथा॑ वि॒श्वथे॒मथा॑ ज्ये॒ष्ठता॑तिं बर्हि॒षद॑ꣳ स्व॒र्विद॑म्। प्र॒ती॒ची॒नं वृ॒जनं॑ दोहसे॒ धुनि॑मा॒शुं जय॑न्त॒मनु॒ यासु॒ वर्ध॑से। उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि॒ शण्डा॑य त्वै॒ष ते॒ योनि॑र्वी॒रतां॑ पा॒ह्यप॑मृष्टः॒। शण्डो॑ दे॒वास्त्वा॑ शुक्र॒पाः प्रण॑य॒न्त्वना॑धृष्टासि॥१२॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठतम्। प्र॒त्नथेति॑ प्र॒त्नऽथा॑। पू॒र्वथेति॑ पूर्वऽथा॑। वि॒श्वथेति॑ विश्वऽथा॑। इ॒मथेती॒मऽथा॑। ज्ये॒ष्ठता॑ति॒मिति॑ ज्ये॒ष्ठऽताति॑म्। ब॒र्हि॒षद॑म्। ब॒र्हि॒सद॒मिति॑ बर्हिः॒ऽसद॑म्। स्व॒र्विद॒मिति॑ स्वः॒ऽविद॑म्। प्र॒ती॒ची॒नम्। वृ॒जन॑म्। दो॒ह॒से॒। धुनि॑म्। आ॒शुम्। जय॑न्तम्। अनु॑। यासु॑। वर्द्ध॑से॒। उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीत॒ इ॑त्युपया॒मऽगृ॑हीतः। अ॒सि॒। शण्डा॑य। त्वा॒। ए॒षः। ते॒। योनिः॑। वी॒रता॑म्। पा॒हि॒। अप॑मृष्ट॒ इत्यप॑ऽमृष्टः। शण्डः॑। दे॒वाः। त्वा॒। शु॒क्र॒पा इति॑ शुक्र॒ऽपाः। प्र। न॒य॒न्तु॒। अना॑धृष्टा अ॒सि॒ ॥१२॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
तम्प्रत्नथा पूर्वथा विश्वथेमथा ज्येष्ठतातिम्बर्हिषदँ स्वर्विदम् । प्रतीचीनँ वृजनन्दोहसे धुनिमाशुञ्जयन्तमनु यासु वर्धसे । उपयामगृहीतोसि शण्डाय त्वैष ते योनिर्वीरताम्पाह्यपमृष्टः शण्डो देवास्त्वा शुक्रपाः पणयन्त्वनाधृष्टासि ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठ
तम्। प्रत्नथेति प्रत्नऽथा। पूर्वथेति पूर्वऽथा। विश्वथेति विश्वऽथा। इमथेतीमऽथा। ज्येष्ठतातिमिति ज्येष्ठऽतातिम्। बर्हिषदम्। बर्हिसदमिति बर्हिःऽसदम्। स्वर्विदमिति स्वःऽविदम्। प्रतीचीनम्। वृजनम्। दोहसे। धुनिम्। आशुम्। जयन्तम्। अनु। यासु। वर्द्धसे। उपयामगृहीत इत्युपयामऽगृहीतः। असि। शण्डाय। त्वा। एषः। ते। योनिः। वीरताम्। पाहि। अपमृष्ट इत्यपऽमृष्टः। शण्डः। देवाः। त्वा। शुक्रपा इति शुक्रऽपाः। प्र। नयन्तु। अनाधृष्टा असि॥१२॥
Meaning -
O yogi, thou art the master of all the branches of yoga. This yogic propensity of thine conduces to thy happiness. Through yoga, freed from the shackles of ignorance, thou art full of peace. Thou elevates thy soul through various yogic practices. Like all the ancient sages and yogis and modern yogis, thou perfectest the yoga, which is highly commendable, deeply seated in the soul, pleasure-giving, inimical to nescience, quick at success, elevating, victory-giving, and quiverer of bodily organs. Let the guardians of yogic force, and yogis resplendent with the power of yoga, instruct thee in yoga. Mayest thou be invincible through that yoga. Protect thou the manly power, which in turn will protect thee.
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This verse clearly describes qualities and characteristics of a yogi. There is no ambiguity about its meaning. Mr. Griffith remarks "The text taken with a variation from R. V, 5. 44. 1 is hopelessly obscure. " I find no obscurity in it. Mr. Griffith interprets Shanda as a demon for whom the cup is drawn, and then offered to a deity, whereas Maharshi Dayananda interprets the word as full of peace. A yogi is spoken of as invincible, but Mr. Griffith remarks ; The right hip of the high altar, on which the Adhvaryu deposits his cup is addressed and secured from the attacks of demons". What sense is there in calling the hip of the altar as invincible. The interpretation of vedic mantras by Mr. Griffith is a meaningless jargon, the perusal of which shakens ones faith in the revelation of the vedas God does not utter nonsense in the vedas, which are full of sense, wisdom, knowledge and truth. A biased interpreter cannot arrive at the correct significance of vedic hymns. To him the plainest verse seems to be hopelessly obscure, which is highly regrettable.
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