०१९ प्रजाः

19 (20). For progeny, etc.

प्रजाः।
१ ब्रह्मा। प्रजापतिः। जगती।

[Brahman.—mantroktadevatyatn. jāgatam.]

Comment

Found also in Pāipp. xix. Kāuś. (35. 17) uses it in a women’s rite, with an oblation in the lap of a woman desirous of offspring; and further (59. 19), with hymn 17 etc.: see under the latter.

Translations

Translated: Henry, 8, 60; Griffith, i. 337.

A prayer for prosperity

Translation

1. Prajāpati generates these offspring (prajā́s); let Dhātar, with
   favoring mind, bestow (dhā) [them]; harmonious, like-minded, of like
   origin; let the lord of prosperity put (dhā) prosperity in me.

Notes

The verse is to be compared with one in MS. (ii. 13. 23) and ĀpśS. (xiv.
28. 4), of which the second pāda precisely agrees* with ours, and the
fourth nearly (but reading puṣṭim puṣṭipatir); while for a both
have ā́ naḥ prajā́ṁ janayatu prajā́patiḥ, and, for c, saṁvatsará
ṛtúbhiḥ saṁvidānáḥ (ĀpśS. ṛtubhiś cākupānaḥ†) and d is MB. ii. 4.
7 c.‡ Our c, nom. plur. words, is left without any construction
(but emendation to sayonīs would make them accus., helping both the
construction and the meter); Ppp. has the same c as MS., and also
gives janayatu (for -ti) in a, as does the comm.; it is
doubtless the better reading. Two of the pādas are triṣṭubh. *⌊But
Āp. has dadātu.⌋ †⌊Intending ca a-kupānaḥ, as an isolated
root-aorist pple? see Gram. §840 b.⌋ ‡⌊But with puṣṭim puṣṭipatir,
like MS.Āp.⌋

Prajapati engenders earthly creatures: may the benevolent Ordainer form them, Having one common womb, and mind, and spirit. He who is. Lord of Plenty give me plenty!

प्र॒जाऽप॑तिः। ज॒न॒य॒ति॒। प्र॒ऽजाः। इ॒माः। धा॒ताः। द॒धा॒तु॒। सु॒ऽम॒न॒स्यमा॑नाः। स॒म्ऽजा॒ना॒नाः। सम्ऽम॑नसः। सऽयो॑नयः। मयि॑। पु॒ष्टम्। पु॒ष्ट॒ऽपतिः॑। द॒धा॒तु॒। २०.१।

• धाता, प्रजापतिः, पुष्टपतिः
• ब्रह्मा
• जगती
• प्रजा सूक्त

बढ़ती करने का उपदेश।

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - (प्रजापतिः) प्रजापालक परमेश्वर (इमाः) इन सब (प्रजाः) सृष्टि के जीवों को (जनयति) उत्पन्न करता है, वह (सुमनस्यमानः) शुभचिन्तक (धाता) पोषक परमात्मा [इनका] (दधातु) पोषण करे [जो] (संजानानाः) एक ज्ञानवाली, (संमनसः) एक मनवाली और (सयोनयः) एक कारणवाली हैं, (पुष्टपतिः) वह पोषण का स्वामी [प्रजायें] (मयि) मुझ में (पुष्टम्) पोषण (दधातु) धारण करें ॥१॥

भावार्थभाषाः - मनुष्य परमेश्वर के प्रजापालकत्व आदि गुणों का विचार कर के प्रीतिपूर्वक अपनी वृद्धि करें ॥१॥

टिप्पणी: १−(प्रजापतिः) सृष्टिपालकः परमात्मा (जनयति) उत्पादयति (प्रजाः) सर्वाः सृष्टीः (इमाः) परिदृश्यमानाः (धाता) पोषकः (दधातु) पोषयतु (सुमनस्यमानः) अ० १।३५।१। शुभचिन्तकः (संजानानाः) समानज्ञानाः (संमनसः) संगतमनस्काः (सयोनयः) समानकारणाः प्रजाः (मयि) उपासके (पुष्टम्) पोषम् (पुष्टपतिः) पोषस्य रक्षकः (दधातु) (धरयतु) ॥