The fifth anuvak counts the odd numbers from 1 to 33. These refer to the ritual bricks (ishtakas) used in the Vedic fire-altar construction, and to the count of Vedic deities. Odd numbers are considered auspicious in Vedic tradition.
📖 Yajurveda, Taittiriya Samhita
Mantra 1
एका च मे तिस्रश्च मे पञ्च च मे सप्त च मे ।
Eka cha me tisrashcha me pancha cha me sapta cha me |
एका
one
तिस्रः
three
पञ्च
five
सप्त
seven
May I receive one, three, five, seven — these odd numbers (representing the ritual bricks of the yajna fire-altar).
Mantra 2
नव च म एकादश च मे त्रयोदश च मे ।
Nava cha ma ekaadasha cha me trayodasha cha me |
नव
nine
एकादश
eleven
त्रयोदश
thirteen
May I receive nine, eleven, thirteen — these odd numbers.
Mantra 3
पञ्चदश च मे सप्तदश च मे नवदश च मे ।
Panchadasha cha me saptadasha cha me navadasha cha me |
पञ्चदश
fifteen
सप्तदश
seventeen
नवदश
nineteen
May I receive fifteen, seventeen, nineteen — these odd numbers.
Mantra 4
एकविंशतिश्च मे त्रयोविंशतिश्च मे ।
Ekavimshatiishcha me trayovimshatiishcha me |
एकविंशतिः
twenty-one
त्रयोविंशतिः
twenty-three
May I receive twenty-one and twenty-three — these odd numbers.
Mantra 5
पञ्चविंशतिश्च मे सप्तविंशतिश्च मे नवविंशतिश्च मे ।
Panchavimshatiishcha me saptavimshatiishcha me navavimshatiishcha me |
पञ्चविंशतिः
twenty-five
सप्तविंशतिः
twenty-seven
नवविंशतिः
twenty-nine
May I receive twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty-nine — these odd numbers.
Mantra 6
एकत्रिंशच्च मे त्रयस्त्रिंशच्च मे ।
Ekatrimshachcha me trayastrimshachcha me |
एकत्रिंशत्
thirty-one
त्रयस्त्रिंशत्
thirty-three
May I receive thirty-one and thirty-three. These numbers represent the bricks of the fire-altar and the thirty-three principal deities of the Vedic tradition.
References
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