YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati)

Yajurveda Adhyay 14 / Mantra 18

31 Mantra
14/18
Chanting
Devata- छन्दांसि देवताः Rishi- विश्वदेव ऋषिः Chhand- भुरिगतिजगती Swara- निषादः
Mantra with Swara
मा छन्दः॑ प्र॒मा छन्दः॑ प्रति॒मा छन्दो॑ऽ अस्री॒वय॒श्छन्दः॑ प॒ङ्क्तिश्छन्द॑ऽ उ॒ष्णिक् छन्दो॑ बृह॒ती छन्दो॑ऽनु॒ष्टुप् छन्दो॑ वि॒राट् छन्दो॑ गाय॒त्री छन्द॑स्त्रि॒ष्टुप् छन्दो॒ जग॑ती॒ छन्दः॑॥१८॥

मा। छन्दः॑। प्र॒मेति॑ प्र॒ऽमा। छन्दः॑। प्र॒ति॒मेति॑ प्रति॒ऽमा। छन्दः॑। अ॒स्री॒वयः॑। छन्दः॑। प॒ङ्क्तिः। छन्दः॑। उ॒ष्णिक्। छन्दः॑। बृ॒ह॒ती। छन्दः॑। अ॒नु॒ष्टुप्। अ॒नु॒स्तुबित्य॑नु॒ऽस्तुप्। छन्दः॑। वि॒राडिति॑ वि॒ऽराट्। छन्दः॑। गा॒य॒त्री। छन्दः॑। त्रि॒ष्टुप्। त्रि॒स्तुबिति॑ त्रि॒ऽस्तुप्। छन्दः॑। जग॑ती। छन्दः॑ ॥१८ ॥

Mantra without Swara
मा च्छन्दः प्रमा च्छन्दः प्रतिमा च्छन्दोऽअम्रीवयश्छन्दः पङ्क्तिश्छन्दऽउष्णिक्छन्दो बृहती छन्दोनुष्टुप्छन्दो विराट्छन्दो गायत्री छन्दस्त्रिष्टुप्छन्दो जगती च्छन्दः ॥

मा। छन्दः। प्रमेति प्रऽमा। छन्दः। प्रतिमेति प्रतिऽमा। छन्दः। अस्रीवयः। छन्दः। पङ्क्तिः। छन्दः। उष्णिक्। छन्दः। बृहती। छन्दः। अनुष्टुप्। अनुस्तुबित्यनुऽस्तुप्। छन्दः। विराडिति विऽराट्। छन्दः। गायत्री। छन्दः। त्रिष्टुप्। त्रिस्तुबिति त्रिऽस्तुप्। छन्दः। जगती। छन्दः॥१८॥

YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati)

English
YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati) - English
Translation
Measured is the metre. (1) Well-measured is the metre. (2) Counter-measured is the metre. (3) Pleasing and strengthening is the metre. (4) The Pankti is a metre. (5) The Usnik is a metre. (6) The Brhati is a metre. (7) The Anustup is a metre. (8) The Virat is а metre. (9) The Gayatri is a metre. (10) The Tristup is a metre. (11) The Jagati is a metre. (12)
Note
Inthis verse there ts an enumeration of various metres, but awkwardly, मा , प्रमा , प्रतिमा and अस्रीवय: are not normally known as metres. These have Leen explained by the commentators with much effort and with help of the Satapatha, still not much convincing. We have interpreted these as measured, weilmeasured, counter-measured and pleasing respectively and translated ‘chandah’ as metre, uniformly. In the context of latter eight regular metres, it had to be translated as metre. The commentators have interpreted ma, as this world, i. e. the earth; pramá as the mid-space; pratima as the heaven; and asrivayah as A, food, that sustains all these three worlds.