{
  "id": "yajurveda/8.23",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.23/",
  "work": {
    "key": "yajurveda",
    "title": "Yajurveda Saṃhitā"
  },
  "ref": "8.23",
  "speaker": "Agniṣṭoma · third pressing (tṛtīyasavana) · to Varuṇa",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "माहिर् भूर् मा पृदाकुः ।\nउरुꣳ हि राजा वरुणश् चकार सूर्याय पन्थाम् अन्वेतवा ऽ उ ।\nअपदे पादा प्रतिधातवे ऽकर् उतापवक्ता हृदयाविधश् चित् ।\nनमो वरुणायाभिष्ठितो वरुणस्य पाशः ॥ ८.२३ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "māhir bhūr mā pṛdākuḥ |\nuruṃ hi rājā varuṇaś cakāra sūryāya panthām anvetavā ' u |\napade pādā pratidhātave 'kar utāpavaktā hṛdayāvidhaś cit |\nnamo varuṇāyābhiṣṭhito varuṇasya pāśaḥ || 8.23 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "mā",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ahiḥ",
      "meaning": "serpent",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bhūḥ",
      "meaning": "may become",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mā",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pṛdākuḥ",
      "meaning": "serpent or snake",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "urum",
      "meaning": "wide",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "hi",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "rājā",
      "meaning": "king",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "varuṇaḥ",
      "meaning": "Varuṇa",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "cakāra",
      "meaning": "made",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sūryāya",
      "meaning": "for the sun",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "panthām",
      "meaning": "path",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "anu-etavai",
      "meaning": "to go along",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "u",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "apadé",
      "meaning": "without feet",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pādā",
      "meaning": "feet",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "prati-dhātave",
      "meaning": "to set down",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "akaḥ",
      "meaning": "made",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "uta",
      "meaning": "and",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "apa-vaktā",
      "meaning": "speaker of falsehood",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "hṛdaya-vidhaḥ",
      "meaning": "piercer of the heart",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "cit",
      "meaning": "even",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "namaḥ",
      "meaning": "homage",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "varuṇāya",
      "meaning": "to Varuṇa",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "abhiṣṭhitaḥ",
      "meaning": "fixed upon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "varuṇasya",
      "meaning": "of Varuṇa",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pāśaḥ",
      "meaning": "noose",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "साँप मेरे लिए न हो, पृदाकु भी न हो। राजा वरुण ने सूर्य के लिए विस्तृत मार्ग बनाया, जाने के लिए। बिना पैरों वाले को पैर दिए, पीछे लौटने के लिए; और झूठ बोलने वाले तथा हृदय बेधने वाले को भी। वरुण को नमस्कार; वरुण का फंदा मुझ पर स्थित हो।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "பாம்பு நானாக ஆகாதிருக்கட்டும்; பிருதாகுவும் ஆகாதிருக்கட்டும். அரசன் வருணன் சூரியனுக்காக விரிந்த வழியை அமைத்தான், செல்வதற்காக. காலற்றவனுக்கு கால்களைக் கொடுத்தான், திரும்பிச் செல்வதற்காக; பொய் பேசுபவனையும் இதயத்தைத் துளைப்பவனையும் கூட. வருணனுக்கு வணக்கம்; வருணனின் பாசம் என்மேல் நிலைக்கட்டும்.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "పాము నేను కాకూడదు, పృదాకు కూడా కాకూడదు. రాజు వరుణుడు సూర్యుని కోసం విశాలమైన మార్గాన్ని వేశాడు, వెళ్ళడానికి. కాళ్ళు లేనివానికి కాళ్ళు ఇచ్చాడు, తిరిగి వెళ్ళడానికి; అబద్ధం చెప్పేవానికి, హృదయాన్ని చీల్చేవానికి కూడా. వరుణునికి నమస్కారం; వరుణుని పాశం నాపై నిలిచి ఉండుగాక.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಹಾವು ನಾನಾಗಬಾರದು, ಪೃದಾಕುವೂ ಆಗಬಾರದು. ರಾಜ ವರುಣನು ಸೂರ್ಯನಿಗಾಗಿ ವಿಶಾಲ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿದನು, ಸಂಚರಿಸಲು. ಕಾಲಿಲ್ಲದವನಿಗೆ ಕಾಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಕೊಟ್ಟನು, ಹಿಂದಿರುಗಲು; ಸುಳ್ಳು ಹೇಳುವವನಿಗೂ ಹೃದಯ ಚುಚ್ಚುವವನಿಗೂ ಕೂಡ. ವರುಣನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ; ವರುಣನ ಪಾಶವು ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ನೆಲೆಸಿರಲಿ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "സർപ്പം ഞാനാകാതിരിക്കട്ടെ, പൃദാകുവും ആകാതിരിക്കട്ടെ. രാജാവായ വരുണൻ സൂര്യന് വിശാലമായ വഴി ഉണ്ടാക്കി, സഞ്ചരിക്കാൻ. കാലില്ലാത്തവന് കാലുകൾ നൽകി, പിന്തിരിയാൻ; നുണ പറയുന്നവനും ഹൃദയം തുളയ്ക്കുന്നവനും പോലും. വരുണന് നമസ്കാരം; വരുണന്റെ പാശം എന്നിൽ ഉറച്ചുനിൽക്കട്ടെ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "সাপ যেন আমি না হই, পৃদাকুও যেন না হই। রাজা বরুণ সূর্যের জন্য প্রশস্ত পথ তৈরি করেছেন, চলার জন্য। পদহীনকে পদ দিয়েছেন, ফিরে যাওয়ার জন্য; মিথ্যাবাদী ও হৃদয়বিদ্ধকারীকেও। বরুণকে প্রণাম; বরুণের পাশ আমার উপর স্থির থাকুক।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "सर्प मी होऊ नये, पृदाकूही होऊ नये. राजा वरुणाने सूर्यासाठी विस्तीर्ण मार्ग केला, जाण्यासाठी. पाय नसलेल्याला पाय दिले, परत जाण्यासाठी; खोटे बोलणाऱ्याला आणि हृदय भेदणाऱ्यालाही. वरुणाला नमस्कार; वरुणाचा पाश माझ्यावर स्थिर राहो.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "સર્પ હું ન થાઉં, પૃદાકુ પણ ન થાઉં. રાજા વરુણે સૂર્ય માટે વિશાળ માર્ગ બનાવ્યો, જવા માટે. પગ વિનાનાને પગ આપ્યા, પાછા ફરવા માટે; જૂઠું બોલનાર અને હૃદય વીંધનારને પણ. વરુણને નમસ્કાર; વરુણનો પાશ મારા પર સ્થિર રહે.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਸਰਪ ਮੈਂ ਨਾ ਹੋਵਾਂ, ਪ੍ਰਦਾਕੂ ਵੀ ਨਾ ਹੋਵਾਂ। ਰਾਜਾ ਵਰੁਣ ਨੇ ਸੂਰਜ ਲਈ ਚੌੜਾ ਰਾਹ ਬਣਾਇਆ, ਜਾਣ ਲਈ। ਪੈਰ ਰਹਿਤ ਨੂੰ ਪੈਰ ਦਿੱਤੇ, ਮੁੜਨ ਲਈ; ਝੂਠ ਬੋਲਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਦਿਲ ਵਿੰਨ੍ਹਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ। ਵਰੁਣ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ; ਵਰੁਣ ਦਾ ਫੰਦਾ ਮੇਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਟਿਕਿਆ ਰਹੇ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ସର୍ପ ମୁଁ ନହେଉ, ପୃଦାକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ନହେଉ। ରାଜା ବରୁଣ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ପ୍ରଶସ୍ତ ପଥ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ କଲେ, ଯିବା ପାଇଁ। ପାଦ ବିହୀନଙ୍କୁ ପାଦ ଦେଲେ, ଫେରିବା ପାଇଁ; ମିଥ୍ୟାବାଦୀ ଓ ହୃଦୟ ବିଦ୍ଧକାରୀଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ। ବରୁଣଙ୍କୁ ନମସ୍କାର; ବରୁଣଙ୍କ ପାଶ ମୋ ଉପରେ ସ୍ଥିର ରହୁ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "سانپ میں نہ ہوں، پृداکو بھی نہ ہوں۔ بادشاہ ورن نے سورج کے لیے وسیع راستہ بنایا، چلنے کے لیے۔ بے پاؤں کو پاؤں دیے، لوٹنے کے لیے؛ جھوٹ بولنے والے اور دل چھیدنے والے کو بھی۔ ورن کو سلام؛ ورن کا پھندا مجھ پر قائم رہے۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "May I not become a serpent, nor a pṛdāku. King Varuṇa made a wide path for the sun to go along. He gave feet to the footless, to return; even to the speaker of falsehood and the piercer of the heart. Homage to Varuṇa; may Varuṇa's noose be fixed upon [the wicked].",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Que yo no me convierta en serpiente, ni en pṛdāku. El rey Varuṇa hizo un camino amplio para que el sol avanzara. Dio pies al que no tiene pies, para que regresara; incluso al que habla falsedad y al que traspasa el corazón. Homenaje a Varuṇa; que el lazo de Varuṇa quede fijado [sobre los malvados].",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Que je ne devienne pas serpent, ni pṛdāku. Le roi Varuṇa a tracé une large voie pour que le soleil y chemine. Il a donné des pieds à celui qui n'en a pas, pour revenir ; même à celui qui profère le mensonge et à celui qui transperce le cœur. Hommage à Varuṇa ; que le lacet de Varuṇa soit fixé [sur les méchants].",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Möge ich nicht zur Schlange werden, noch zum Pṛdāku. König Varuṇa hat einen weiten Pfad für die Sonne zum Gehen geschaffen. Er gab dem Fußlosen Füße, zur Rückkehr; selbst dem Lügner und dem Herzdurchbohrer. Verehrung sei Varuṇa; Varuṇas Schlinge sei auf [die Bösen] gerichtet.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Que eu não me torne serpente, nem pṛdāku. O rei Varuṇa abriu um caminho amplo para o sol percorrer. Deu pés ao que não tem pés, para retornar; até ao que profere falsidade e ao que traspassa o coração. Homenagem a Varuṇa; que o laço de Varuṇa se fixe [sobre os maus].",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Да не стану я змеёй, ни пṛдāку. Царь Варуна проложил широкий путь для солнца, чтобы идти. Он дал ноги безногому, чтобы вернуться; даже лжецу и тому, кто пронзает сердце. Поклон Варуне; пусть петля Варуны будет наброшена [на злых].",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "愿我不成为蛇,也不成为毒蛇。国王伐楼那为太阳开辟了宽阔的道路以供其行进。他赐予无足者以足以便返回;甚至赐予说谎者与刺心者。敬礼伐楼那;愿伐楼那之索套于[恶人]之上。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "私が蛇にならず、プリダークにもならぬように。王ヴァルナは太陽が進むための広い道を作った。足のない者に足を与え、帰らせるために。虚偽を語る者、心臓を貫く者にさえも。ヴァルナに礼拝あれ。ヴァルナの縄が[悪しき者]の上に定まりますように。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "لا أكون حية، ولا برودَاكو. الملك فارونا شق طريقاً واسعاً للشمس لتسير فيه. أعطى الأقدام لمن لا قدم له ليرجع؛ حتى لقائل الكذب ولطاعن القلب. سلام لفارونا؛ فليثبت حبل فارونا على [الأشرار].",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Semoga aku tidak menjadi ular, ataupun pṛdāku. Raja Varuṇa membuat jalan lebar bagi matahari untuk dilalui. Ia memberi kaki kepada yang tak berkaki untuk kembali; bahkan kepada pembual dusta dan penembus hati. Penghormatan kepada Varuṇa; semoga jerat Varuṇa tertuju [kepada orang jahat].",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ขอข้าพเจ้าอย่าได้กลายเป็นงู และอย่าเป็นปฤทากุ พระราชาวรุณทรงทำทางกว้างให้พระอาทิตย์เดินไปตาม ทรงให้เท้าแก่ผู้ไร้เท้าเพื่อให้กลับไปได้ แม้แก่ผู้กล่าวเท็จและผู้เจาะทำลายหัวใจ ขอนอบน้อมแด่วรุณ ขอบ่วงของวรุณจงผูกมั่นอยู่บน [ผู้ชั่วร้าย]",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Śukla Yajurveda, Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, Mādhyandina recension (unaccented, as on Wikisource), Sanskrit Wikisource, page “शुक्लयजुर्वेदः/अध्यायः ०८” (revision 330337)",
    "license": "Public domain text; Wikisource page CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83%2F%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AE&oldid=330337"
  },
  "topics": [
    "varuna",
    "bondage",
    "protection"
  ],
  "citation": "Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.23. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.23/"
}