YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati)

Yajurveda Adhyay 12 / Mantra 35

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Devata- आपो देवताः Rishi- वसिष्ठ ऋषिः Chhand- आर्षी त्रिष्टुप् Swara- धैवतः
Mantra with Swara
आपो॑ देवीः॒ प्रति॑गृभ्णीत॒ भस्मै॒तत् स्यो॒ने कृ॑णुध्वꣳ सुर॒भाऽउ॑ लो॒के। तस्मै॑ नमन्तां॒ जन॑यः सु॒पत्नी॑र्मा॒तेव॑ पु॒त्रं बि॑भृता॒प्स्वेनत्॥३५॥

आपः॑। दे॒वीः॒। प्रति॑। गृ॒भ्णी॒त॒। भस्म॑। ए॒तत्। स्यो॒ने। कृ॒णु॒ध्व॒म्। सु॒र॒भौ। ऊँ॒ इत्यूँ॑। लो॒के। तस्मै॑। न॒म॒न्ता॒म्। जन॑यः। सु॒पत्नी॒रिति॑ सु॒ऽपत्नीः॑। मा॒तेवेति॑ मा॒ताऽइ॑व। पु॒त्रम्। बि॒भृ॒त॒। अ॒प्स्वित्य॒प्ऽसु। ए॒न॒त् ॥३५ ॥

Mantra without Swara
आपो देवीः प्रति गृभ्णीत भस्मैतत्स्योने कृणुध्वँसुरभा लोके । तस्मै नमन्ताञ्जनयः सुपत्नीर्मातेव पुत्रम्बिभृताप्स्वेनत् ॥

आपः। देवीः। प्रति। गृभ्णीत। भस्म। एतत्। स्योने। कृणुध्वम्। सुरभौ। ऊँ इत्यूँ। लोके। तस्मै। नमन्ताम्। जनयः। सुपत्नीरिति सुऽपत्नीः। मातेवेति माताऽइव। पुत्रम्। बिभृत। अप्स्वित्यप्ऽसु। एनत्॥३५॥

YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati)

English
YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati) - English
Translation
O waters divine, hold this illuminating light and keep him in a delightful place in a world of fragrance. May the good wives, bearers of children, bow to him in reverence and keep him in waters as a mother keeps her son. (1)
Note
This and the next nine verses are called bhasmabhyavaharanam, भस्माभ्यहरणम्, by the ritualists. The sacrificer takes the ashes from the fire-pan and carrying them in a tray made of palasa, or banyan leaves and throws them in the water of some river or pond. Supatnih janayah, good wives, bearers of children. आप: वरुणस्य पत्न्य आसन् ', the waters are the wives of Varuna. Let these waters accept these ashes, which symbolize agni, just as good wives accept their husbands, and may those hold this fire (ashes) within them, just as a mother holds her child in her womb.