यजामहे
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- যজামহে (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬚᬵᬫᬳᬾ (Balinese script)
- যজামহে (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰕𑰯𑰦𑰮𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀳𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- ယဇာမဟေ (Burmese script)
- યજામહે (Gujarati script)
- ਯਜਾਮਹੇ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌹𑍇 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦗꦴꦩꦲꦺ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂔𑂰𑂧𑂯𑂵 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಜಾಮಹೇ (Kannada script)
- យជាមហេ (Khmer script)
- ຍຊາມເຫ (Lao script)
- യജാമഹേ (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᡯᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᠠᡥᡝ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘕𑘰𑘦𑘮𑘹 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽᠠᢗᠮᠠᠾᠧ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑦵𑧑𑧆𑧎𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐖𑐵𑐩𑐴𑐾 (Newa script)
- ଯଜାମହେ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢙꢵꢪꢲꢾ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆘𑆳𑆩𑆲𑆼 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖕𑖯𑖦𑖮𑖸 (Siddham script)
- යජාමහෙ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩣𑩛𑩴𑪂𑩔 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚑𑚭𑚢𑚩𑚲 (Takri script)
- யஜாமஹே (Tamil script)
- యజామహే (Telugu script)
- ยชามเห (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཛཱ་མ་ཧེ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒖𑒰𑒧𑒯𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨥𑨊𑨢𑨱𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́āmadʰay (1st person plural middle indicative of *Hyáȷ́- (“to worship”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to worship”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬉 (yazamaidē, 1st person plural middle indicative of 𐬫𐬀𐬰- (yaz-)).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /jɐ.d͡ʑɑ́ː.mɐ.ɦɐj/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /jɐ.d͡ʑɑː.mɐ.ɦeː/
Verb
यजामहे • (yájāmahe)
- first-person plural middle indicative of यज् (yaj, “to worship”); we worship, we revere
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.59.12:
- त्र्य॑म्बकं यजामहे सु॒गन्धिं॑ पुष्टि॒वर्ध॑नम्।
उ॒र्वा॒रु॒कम् इ॑व॒ बन्ध॑नान् मृ॒त्योर् मु॑क्षीय॒ मामृता॑त्॥- tryàmbakaṃ yajāmahe sugándhiṃ puṣṭivárdhanam.
urvārukám iva bándhanān mṛtyór mukṣīya mā́mṛ́tāt.
- 1896 translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith
- Tryambaka we worship, the sweet augmenter of prosperity.
As from its stem the cucumber, so may I be released from death, not reft of immortality.
- Tryambaka we worship, the sweet augmenter of prosperity.
- tryàmbakaṃ yajāmahe sugándhiṃ puṣṭivárdhanam.
- त्र्य॑म्बकं यजामहे सु॒गन्धिं॑ पुष्टि॒वर्ध॑नम्।