यजुर्वेद - अध्याय 17/ मन्त्र 91
ऋषिः - वामदेव ऋषिः
देवता - यज्ञपुरुषो देवता
छन्दः - विराडार्षी त्रिष्टुप्
स्वरः - धैवतः
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च॒त्वारि॒ शृङ्गा॒ त्रयो॑ऽअस्य॒ पादा॒ द्वे शी॒र्षे स॒प्त हस्ता॑सोऽअस्य। त्रिधा॑ ब॒द्धो वृ॑ष॒भो रो॑रवीति म॒हो दे॒वो मर्त्याँ॒ २ऽआवि॑वेश॥९१॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठच॒त्वारि॑। शृङ्गा॑। त्रयः॑। अस्य॑। पादाः॑। द्वेऽइति॒ द्वे। शी॒र्षेऽइति॑ शी॒र्षे। स॒प्त। हस्ता॑सः। अ॒स्य॒। त्रिधा॑। ब॒द्धः। वृ॒ष॒भः। रो॒र॒वी॒ति॒। म॒हः। दे॒वः। मर्त्या॑न्। आ। वि॒वे॒श॒ ॥९१ ॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
चत्वारि शृङ्गा त्रयोऽअस्य पादा द्वे शीर्षे सप्त हस्तासोऽअस्य । त्रिधा बद्धो वृषभो रोरवीति महो देवो मर्त्याँऽआ विवेश ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठ
चत्वारि। शृङ्गा। त्रयः। अस्य। पादाः। द्वेऽइति द्वे। शीर्षेऽइति शीर्षे। सप्त। हस्तासः। अस्य। त्रिधा। बद्धः। वृषभः। रोरवीति। महः। देवः। मर्त्यान्। आ। विवेश॥९१॥
Meaning -
(i). Yajna is a purusha, a living person, a metaphor. Just as a person is a living human being, and he/she has a name which is identical with the person, so is yajna, a living act and a name, and the name-word is identical with the act. (1) This person, the living act of yajna, has four heads, the four Vedas. It has three legs/sessions: morning, mid-day and evening. It has two heads, the prayaniya ceremony (inauguration), and the udayaniya ceremony (valediction or conclusion). It has seven arms in the form of seven chhandas, gayatri and other metres. It is tied three-ways, structured in three parts: Mantra, the original vedic texts, Brahmana, expositions containing rules and explanations, and kalpa, rules of ritual performance. It is Vrishabha, that which showers joy and prosperity. It roars with the voice of the Vedas. It is great, it is brilliant and divine, and it is seated in the deepest layers of the human mind. (ii). Now the name ‘Yajna’, the word in language: It has four heads: Nama, nouns or substantives, Akhyata, the roots and verbs, Upasarga, the affixes, and Nipata, particles, indeclinables and irregulars. It has three legs: past, present and future tenses. It has two heads: the eternal Word and the structured words of language in use, and the word and its meaning (signification). It has seven arms: the seven cases and case endings or case forms. It is tied three ways: in the mind/intellect, in the chest, and in the throat/mouth. It is a Vrishabha, it showers the thoughts and emotions in communication, and it roars through the medium of sound. It is great, it is rich and brilliant and it is seated in the deepest layers of the human mind. (This mantra gives a comprehensive abstract of the linguistic structure of any language, and on the basis of this abstract a universal grammar of human language, any form of it, can be written. )
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