Mantra Pushpam
Mantra Pushpam Introduction
Mantra Pushpam (literally translating to “Flower of Mantras”) is a collection of sacred verses from the 10th chapter of Taittiriya Aranyaka of Krishna Yajur Veda. Each verse begins with an exploration of the relationship between the flower of water (apām) (the essence of water) and various cosmic elements like the moon, fire, the sun, and wind.
More information on the Mantra Pushpam can be found at the end of this page.
पुष्प॑वा-न्प्र॒जावा᳚-न्पशु॒मा-न्भ॑वति ।
च॒न्द्रमा॒ वा अ॒पा-म्पुष्पम्᳚ ।
पुष्प॑वा-न्प्र॒जावा᳚-न्पशु॒मा-न्भ॑वति ।
य ए॒वं-वेँद॑ ।
यो॑-ऽपामा॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ॥
puṣpa̍vā-npra̠jāvā̎-npaśu̠mā-nbha̍vati ।
cha̠ndramā̠ vā a̠pā-mpuṣpam̎ ।
puṣpa̍vā-npra̠jāvā̎-npaśu̠mā-nbha̍vati ।
ya ē̠vaṃ vēda̍ ।
yō̍-‘pāmā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ॥
He becomes the possessor of flowers, children and cattle.
Moon is indeed the flower of the water,
He becomes the possessor of flowers, children and cattle.
He who knows this,
He who knows the source of water,
(He) becomes established in himself. (1)
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
यो᳚-ऽग्नेरा॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
आपो॒वा अ॒ग्नेरा॒यत॑नम् ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
य ए॒वं-वेँद॑ ।
यो॑-ऽपामा॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ॥
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
yō̎-‘gnērā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
āpō̠vā a̠gnērā̠yata̍nam ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
ya ē̠vaṃ vēda̍ ।
yō̍-‘pāmā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ॥
(He) becomes established in himself,
He, who knows the basis of fire.
(He) becomes established in himself.
Water indeed is the source (basis) of fire,
(He) becomes established in himself.
He who knows this,
He who knows the source of water,
(He) becomes established in himself. (2)
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
यो वा॒योरा॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
आपो॒ वै वा॒योरा॒यत॑नम् ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
य ए॒वं-वेँद॑ ।
यो॑-ऽपामा॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ॥
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
yō vā̠yōrā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
āpō̠ vai vā̠yōrā̠yata̍nam ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
ya ē̠vaṃ vēda̍ ।
yō̍-‘pāmā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ॥
(He) becomes established in himself,
He who knows the basis of air.
(He) becomes established in himself.
Water indeed is the source of air,
(He) becomes established in himself.
He who knows this,
He who knows the source (basis) of water,
(He) becomes established in himself. (3)
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
यो॑-ऽमुष्य॒तप॑त आ॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
आपो॒ वा अ॒मुष्य॒तप॑त आ॒यत॑नम् ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
य ए॒वं-वेँद॑ ।
यो॑-ऽपामा॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ॥
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
yō̍-‘muṣya̠tapa̍ta ā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
āpō̠ vā a̠muṣya̠tapa̍ta ā̠yata̍nam ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
ya ē̠vaṃ vēda̍ ।
yō̍-‘pāmā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ॥
(He) becomes established in himself,
He who knows the source /basis of scorching sun,
(He) becomes established in himself.
Water is the source of scorching sun,
(He) becomes established in himself.
He who knows this,
He who knows the source/basis of water,
(He) becomes established in himself. (4)
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
यश्च॒न्द्रम॑स आ॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
आपो॒ वै च॒न्द्रम॑स आ॒यत॑नम् ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
य ए॒वं-वेँद॑ ।
यो॑-ऽपामा॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ॥
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
yaścha̠ndrama̍sa ā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
āpō̠ vai cha̠ndrama̍sa ā̠yata̍nam ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
ya ē̠vaṃ vēda̍ ।
yō̍-‘pāmā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ॥
(He) becomes established in himself,
He who knows the source/basis of moon.
(He) becomes established in himself.
Water is the source/basis of moon,
(He) becomes established in himself.
He who knows this,
He who knows the source/basis of water,
(He) becomes established in himself. (5)
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
यो नक्षत्र॑त्राणामा॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
आपो॒ वै नक्ष॑त्राणामा॒यत॑नम् ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
य ए॒वं-वेँद॑ ।
यो॑-ऽपामा॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ॥
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
yō nakṣatra̍trāṇāmā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
āpō̠ vai nakṣa̍trāṇāmā̠yata̍nam ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
ya ē̠vaṃ vēda̍ ।
yō̍-‘pāmā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ॥
(He) becomes established in himself,
He who knows the source/basis of stars.
(He) becomes established in himself.
Water indeed is the source of stars,
(He) becomes established in himself.
He who knows this,
He who knows the source/basis of water,
(He) becomes established in himself. (6)
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
यः प॒र्जन्य॑स्या॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
आपो॒ वै प॒र्जन्य॑स्या॒यत॑नम् ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
य ए॒वं-वेँद॑ ।
यो॑-ऽपामा॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ॥
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
yaḥ pa̠rjanya̍syā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
āpō̠ vai pa̠rjanya̍syā̠yata̍nam ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
ya ē̠vaṃ vēda̍ ।
yō̍-‘pāmā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ॥
(He) becomes established in himself,
He who knows the source/basis of clouds,
(He) becomes established in himself.
Water is indeed the source of clouds, (mutual?)
(He) becomes established in himself.
He who knows this,
He who knows the source of water,
(He) becomes established in himself. (7)
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
य-स्सं॑वँत्स॒रस्या॒यत॑नं॒-वेँद॑ ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
आपो॒ वै सं॑वँत्स॒रस्या॒यत॑नम् ।
आ॒यत॑नवा-न्भवति ।
य एवं-वेँद॑ ।
यो᳚-ऽफ्सु नाव॒-म्प्रति॑ष्ठितां॒-वेँद॑ ।
प्रत्ये॒व ति॑ष्ठति ॥
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
ya-ssa̍ṃvatsa̠rasyā̠yata̍na̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
āpō̠ vai sa̍ṃvatsa̠rasyā̠yata̍nam ।
ā̠yata̍navā-nbhavati ।
ya ēvaṃ vēda̍ ।
yō̎-‘phsu nāva̠-mprati̍ṣṭhitā̠ṃ vēda̍ ।
pratyē̠va ti̍ṣṭhati ॥
(He) becomes established in himself,
He who knows the source/basis of rainy season/year,
(He) becomes established in himself.
Water is the source/basis of rainy season/year,
(He) becomes established in himself.
He who knows this,
He who knows that there is a raft is available,
Becomes established in that raft. (8)
नमो॑ व॒यं-वैँ᳚श्रव॒णाय॑ कुर्महे ।
स मे॒ कामा॒न् काम॒ कामा॑य॒ मह्यम्᳚ ।
का॒मे॒श्व॒रो वै᳚श्रव॒णो द॑दातु ।
कु॒बे॒राय॑ वैश्रव॒णाय॑ ।
म॒हा॒राजाय॒ नमः॑ ॥
namō̍ va̠yaṃ vai̎śrava̠ṇāya̍ kurmahē ।
sa mē̠ kāmā̠n kāma̠ kāmā̍ya̠ mahyam̎ ।
kā̠mē̠śva̠rō vai̎śrava̠ṇō da̍dātu ।
ku̠bē̠rāya̍ vaiśrava̠ṇāya̍ ।
ma̠hā̠rājāya̠ nama̍ḥ ॥
We offer our salutations to Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera).
May He (Vaiśravaṇa) fulfill my desires for desirable objects for me.
May Vaiśravaṇa, the lord of desires, grant (them).
To Kubera, to Vaiśravaṇa.
Salutations to the great king.
ओ᳚-न्तद्वा॒युः ।
ओ᳚-न्तदा॒त्मा ।
ओ᳚-न्तथ्स॒त्यम् ।
ओ᳚-न्तत्सर्वम्᳚ ।
ओ᳚-न्तत्पुरो॒र्नमः ॥
ō̎-ntadvā̠yuḥ ।
ō̎-ntadā̠tmā ।
ō̎-ntathsa̠tyam ।
ō̎-ntatsarvam̎ ।
ō̎-ntatpurō̠rnamaḥ ॥
That is Vāyu (air or life force).
That is Ātman (the Self).
That is Truth.
That is everything.
Salutations to that which is complete (whole or perfect).
त्वं-यँज्ञस्त्वं-वँषट्कारस्त्व-मिन्द्रस्त्वग्ं
रुद्रस्त्वं-विँष्णुस्त्व-म्ब्रह्मत्व॑-म्प्रजा॒पतिः ।
त्व-न्त॑दाप॒ आपो॒ ज्योती॒रसो॒-ऽमृत-म्ब्रह्म॒ भूर्भुव॒स्सुव॒रोम् ।
tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastva-mindrastvagṃ
rudrastvaṃ viṣṇustva-mbrahmatva̍-mprajā̠patiḥ ।
tva-nta̍dāpa̠ āpō̠ jyōtī̠rasō̠-‘mṛta-mbrahma̠ bhūrbhuva̠ssuva̠rōm ।
You are the sacrifice, you are the invocation (vaṣaṭkāra), you are Indra.
You are Rudra, you are Viṣṇu, you are Brahmā, you are Prajāpati.
You are water, light, essence, immortality, Brahman, and the three worlds (bhūr, bhuvaḥ, suvaḥ).
ब्रह्माधि॑पति॒-र्ब्रह्म॒णो-ऽधि॑पति॒-र्ब्रह्मा॑ शि॒वो मे॑ अस्तु सदाशि॒वोम् ।
brahmādhi̍pati̠-rbrahma̠ṇō-‘dhi̍pati̠-rbrahmā̍ śi̠vō mē̍ astu sadāśi̠vōm ।
The overlord of Brahmā, the Lord of the Vedas, may that Brahmā (the Supreme Brahman) be my auspiciousness as Sadāśiva (the eternally auspicious one).
दि॒वीव॒ चक्षु॒रात॑तम् ।
तद्विप्रा॑सो विप॒न्यवो॑ जागृ॒वाग्ं सस्समि॑न्धते ।
विष्नो॒र्यत्प॑र॒म-म्प॒दम् ।
di̠vīva̠ chakṣu̠rāta̍tam ।
tadviprā̍sō vipa̠nyavō̍ jāgṛ̠vāgṃ sassami̍ndhatē ।
viṣnō̠ryatpa̍ra̠ma-mpa̠dam ।
Like an eye extended in the sky.
The learned sages, vigilant and striving, kindle that.
Which is the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
ऊ॒र्ध्वरे॑तं-विँ॑रूपा॒क्षं॒-विँ॒श्वरू॑पाय॒ वै नमो॒ नमः॑ ॥
ū̠rdhvarē̍taṃ vi̍rūpā̠kṣa̠ṃ vi̠śvarū̍pāya̠ vai namō̠ nama̍ḥ ॥
The one with upward energy, with diverse eyes, salutations to the one who embodies all forms.
तन्नो॑ विष्णुः प्रचो॒दया᳚त् ॥
tannō̍ viṣṇuḥ prachō̠dayā̎t ॥
May that Viṣṇu inspire and guide us.
Description
Mantra Pushpam
Mantra Pushpam is a revered hymn from the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka of the Yajurveda, chanted during Vedic rituals and ceremonies. It is one of the most well-known Vedic hymns, recited at the conclusion of pūjās (worship) and yajñas (fire sacrifices). The term “Mantra Pushpam” literally translates to the “flower of mantras”. The word Mantra refers to sacred hymns or chants, while Pushpam means flower, symbolizing an offering. The text is commonly recited at the end of Vedic rituals, particularly during flower offerings (pushpanjali).
Each verse in the Mantra Pushpam begins with “yo’pam pushpam veda” (“one who knows the flower of water”). The word “pushpam” (flower) metaphorically represents the essence or result of water—symbolizing life, abundance, and prosperity. The Mantra Pushpam consists of several stanzas, each beginning with “yo’pam pushpam veda” or a similar phrase. It builds a connection between water and various elements:
Water and Flowers: The first stanza begins with “yo’pam pushpam veda,” highlighting the knowledge of water as essential for life and abundance.
Water and the Moon: It links the moon (Chandra) to water, as the moon governs the flow of water and is connected to fertility and time.
Water and Fire: It explains how water gives rise to fire, symbolizing transformation and energy.
Water and the Sun: The hymn connects water to the sun, which evaporates water to create rain, sustaining life.
Water and Wind: It describes the wind’s role in moving water across the world, maintaining the cycle of nature.
Each stanza concludes with the aspirational message that one who truly understands these interrelations becomes prosperous and spiritually fulfilled.
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