YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati)

Yajurveda Adhyay 17 / Mantra 79

99 Mantra
17/79
Devata- अग्निर्देवता Rishi- सप्तऋषय ऋषयः Chhand- आर्षी जगती Swara- निषादः
Mantra with Swara
स॒प्त ते॑ऽअग्ने स॒मिधः॑ स॒प्त जि॒ह्वाः स॒प्तऽऋष॑यः स॒प्त धाम॑ प्रि॒याणि॑। स॒प्त होत्राः॑ सप्त॒धा त्वा॑ यजन्ति स॒प्त योनी॒रापृ॑णस्व घृ॒तेन॒ स्वाहा॑॥७९॥

स॒प्त। ते॒। अ॒ग्ने॒। स॒मिध॒ इति॑ स॒म्ऽइधः॑। स॒प्त। जि॒ह्वाः। स॒प्त। ऋष॑यः। स॒प्त। धाम॑। प्रि॒याणि॑। स॒प्त। होत्राः॑। स॒प्त॒ऽधा। त्वा॒। य॒ज॒न्ति॒। स॒प्त। योनीः॑। आ। पृ॒ण॒स्व॒। घृ॒तेन॑। स्वाहा॑ ॥७९ ॥

Mantra without Swara
सप्त तेऽअग्ने समिधः सप्त जिह्वाः सप्त ऋषयः सप्त धाम प्रियाणि । सप्त होत्राः सप्तधा त्वा यजन्ति सप्त योनीरापृणस्व घृतेन स्वाहा ॥

सप्त। ते। अग्ने। समिध इति सम्ऽइधः। सप्त। जिह्वाः। सप्त। ऋषयः। सप्त। धाम। प्रियाणि। सप्त। होत्राः। सप्तऽधा। त्वा। यजन्ति। सप्त। योनीः। आ। पृणस्व। घृतेन। स्वाहा॥७९॥

YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati)

English
YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati) - English
Translation
O fire-divine, seven are your kindling woods; seven are your tongues; seven are your seers; Seven are your pleasing abodes; seven are your priests; they worship you in seven different manners. May you fill the seven wombs with fertilizing water. Svaha. (1)
Note
Samidhaḥ, समिंधना: प्रदीपका:, that which fuels. 'प्राणा: वै समिधः प्राणाः ह्येत समिन्धते', vital breaths are verily the fuel sticks, as they enkindle it (Satapatha, IX. 2. 3. 44). According to Dayananda, the seven metres, gāyātrī etc. are seven fuel sticks. Sapta jihväḥ, seven tongues. काली कराली च मनोजवा च विलोहिता चापि सधूम्रवर्णा । स्फुलिंगिनी विश्वरुची च देवी लेलायमाना इति सप्त जिह्वा:'(Mundak Upa. I. 2). Sapta ṛṣayah, seven seers. Marici etc. seven ṛṣis. Accord ing to Dayananda, Prana, Apāna, Vyäna, Samāna, Udāna, Devadatta and Dhananjaya, are seven rsis. Sapta dhama, abodes. Seven metres, gayatrietc. छंदाᳩसि वा अस्य सप्त धाम प्रियाणि', the metres are its seven pleasing abodes. (Satapatha, IX. 2. 3. 44). According to Dayananda,, नाम, स्थान, धर्म, अर्थ, काम, मोक्ष, are seven pleasing abodes. Sapta hotrāḥ, सप्त होतार:, seven priests. Hotā, Praśāstā, Brāhmaṇācchainsi, Potā, Neṣṭā, Agnidhra and Acchāvāk, are seven priests. Saptadha yajanti, worship you with seven types of sacri fices. Agniștoma, Atyagnistoma, Ukthya, Sodaṣī, Atirātra, Aptoryāma, and Vājapeya are the seven types of sacrifices. Sapta yoniḥ, seven wombs. Seven layers of bricks (चिति) in the altar are seven wombs.