यजुर्वेद - अध्याय 5/ मन्त्र 23
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र॒क्षो॒हणं॑ बलग॒हनं॑ वैष्ण॒वीमि॒दम॒हं तं ब॑ल॒गमुत्कि॑रामि॒ यं मे॒ निष्ट्यो॒ यम॒मात्यो॑ निच॒खाने॒दम॒हं तं ब॑ल॒गमुत्कि॑रामि॒ यं मे॑ समा॒नो यमस॑मानो निच॒खाने॒दम॒हं तं ब॑ल॒गमुत्कि॑रामि॒ यं मे॒ सब॑न्धु॒र्यमस॑बन्धुर्निच॒खाने॒दम॒हं तं ब॑ल॒गमुत्कि॑रामि॒ यं मे॑ सजा॒तो यमस॑जातो निच॒खानोत्कृ॒त्य-ङ्कि॑रामि॥२३॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठर॒क्षो॒हण॑म्। र॒क्षो॒हन॒मिति॑ रक्षःऽहन॑म्। ब॒ल॒ग॒हन॒मिति॑ बलऽग॒हन॑म्। वै॒ष्ण॒वीम्। इ॒दम्। अ॒हम्। तम्। ब॒ल॒गम्। उत्। कि॒रा॒मि॒। यम्। मे॒। निष्ट्यः॑। यम्। अ॒मात्यः॑। नि॒च॒खानेति॑ निऽच॒खान॑। इ॒दम्। अ॒हम्। तम्। ब॒ल॒गम्। उत्। कि॒रा॒मि॒। यम्। मे॒। स॒मा॒नः। यम्। अस॑मानः। नि॒च॒खानेति॑ निऽच॒खान॑। इ॒दम्। अ॒हम्। तम्। ब॒ल॒गम्। उत्। कि॒रा॒मि॒। यम्। मे॒। सब॑न्धु॒रिति॒ सऽब॑न्धुः। यम्। अस॑बन्धु॒रित्यस॑ऽबन्धुः। नि॒च॒खानेति॑ निऽच॒खान॑। इ॒दम्। अ॒हम्। तम्। ब॒ल॒गम्। उत्। कि॒रा॒मि॒। यम्। मे॒। स॒जा॒त इति॑ सऽजा॒तः। यम्। अस॑जातः। नि॒च॒खानेति॑ निऽच॒खान॑। उत्। कृ॒त्याम्। कि॒रा॒मि॒ ॥२३॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
रक्षोहणँवलगहनँवैष्णवीमिदमहन्तँ वलगमुत्किरामि यम्मे निष्ट्यो यममात्यो निचखानेदमहन्तँ वलगमुत्किरामि यम्मे समानो यमसमानो निचखानेदमहन्तँ वलगमुत्किरामि यम्मे सबन्धुर्यमसबन्धुर्निचखानेदमहन्तँ वलगमुत्किरामि यम्मे सजातो यमसजातो निचखानोत्कृत्याङ्किरामि ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठ
रक्षोहणम्। रक्षोहनमिति रक्षःऽहनम्। बलगहनमिति बलऽगहनम्। वैष्णवीम्। इदम्। अहम्। तम्। बलगम्। उत्। किरामि। यम्। मे। निष्ट्यः। यम्। अमात्यः। निचखानेति निऽचखान। इदम्। अहम्। तम्। बलगम्। उत्। किरामि। यम्। मे। समानः। यम्। असमानः। निचखानेति निऽचखान। इदम्। अहम्। तम्। बलगम्। उत्। किरामि। यम्। मे। सबन्धुरिति सऽबन्धुः। यम्। असबन्धुरित्यसऽबन्धुः। निचखानेति निऽचखान। इदम्। अहम्। तम्। बलगम्। उत्। किरामि। यम्। मे। सजात इति सऽजातः। यम्। असजातः। निचखानेति निऽचखान। उत्। कृत्याम्। किरामि॥२३॥
Meaning -
O learned man, just as I with the aid of vedic speech, the Killer of fiends and infuser of strength, perform the invigorating sacrifice, so do thou. Just as my wise, and able man, expert in the science of yajna, performs the sacrifice or unearths this place to test it geologically, so shouldst do thy man. Just as I a geologist resort to strength-giving agriculture and the science of geology, so do thou. Just as my equal and unequal man geologically digs a place, so shouldst do thy man. Just as I a learner and teacher, perform the sacrifice, the giver of soul-force or practise this act of reading and teaching, so do thou. Just as my similar or dissimilar companion regularly performs this sacrifice so shouldst do thine. Just as I, the friend of all, perform this yajna, the giver of kindly power, or have recourse to the science of geology, so do thou. Just as my contemporary or non-contemporary performs this noble deed, so shouldst ever do thine. Just as I perform noble and virtuous deeds, so do thou.
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Swami Dayananda translates बलगहनम् as infuser of strength, Ubbat and Mahidhar translate the word as the killer or remover of बलगI बलग is translated as bones, hair, and nails buried in the ground as magic to do injury to an opponent. This verse is interpreted for digging out and removing that magical charm. A story has been coined by Mahidhar, that the Rakshsaa were defeated by Indra, and they buried the magical charm i. e. , बलग underneath the ground one hand deep. To me this interpretation appears irrational, as the vedas are free from historical references, being the eternal word of God, given to mankind in the beginning of creation. Swami Dayananda rightly interprets बलगहनम् as forceful vedic speech. The underlying spirit of the verse is that one should follow the rule of conduct of the learned and not the ignorant. समान: means equal in wealth, position and knowledge and असमान: are those who differ in these things.
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