Posted by Sumit Sharma on
Fifth Mantra of the Yajurveda –
Agne vratapate vratam carisyami tacchakeyam tanme radhyatam.
Idamahamanrtat satyamupaimi
The original mantra in sanskrit –
अग्ने व्रतपते व्रतं चरिष्यामि तच् छकेयं तन् मे राध्यताम् ।
इदम् अहम् अनृतात् सत्यम् उपैमि ॥
Meaning of the mantra –
1. There is a controller fire in the cosmos, it is lord or owner of laws.
2. It is the controller of vows, the vows of faith.
Subject of the mantra –
Diety – Agni Devata,
Rishi – Parameshthi Prajapati,
Chhanda – Anushtup
Swara – Gandhara