Mantra 14

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवस्य सवितुर्भाग स्थ। अपां शुक्रमापो देवीर्वर्चो अस्मासु धत्त । प्रजापतेर्वो धाम्नास्मै लोकाय सादये

IAST Transliteration

devásya savitúr bhāgá sthá | apā́ṃ śukrám ā́po devī́r várcó asmā́su dhatta | prajā́pater vo dhā́mnā́smái lokā́ya sādaye

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye are the portion of the god Savitṛ. O Waters, bright of essence, goddesses, set splendour within us. By Prajāpati’s ordinance—by your established might—I seat him firmly in this world.

Translation

أنتنَّ نصيبُ الإلهِ سافيتَر (Savitṛ). أيتها المياهُ (Āpaḥ)، يا ذواتِ الجوهرِ اللامع، أيتها الإلهات، ضَعْنَ البهاءَ والقوةَ الإشعاعيةَ (varcas) فينا. وبحُكمِ براجابَتي (Prajāpati)—وبقوتكنَّ الراسخةِ المقرَّرة—أُثبِّتُه ثابتًا في هذا العالَم.

Word by Word

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितुः: of Savitṛ
• सवितुः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• भागः: share, portion
• भागः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject-nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थ: be (you all)
• स्थ: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुक्रम्: bright (splendour), pure
• शुक्रम्: कर्म (object of ‘धत्त’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: कर्तृ (subject of ‘धत्त’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवीः: goddesses (divine)
• देवीः: कर्तृ (apposition to ‘आपः’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चः: lustre, vital radiance
• वर्चः: कर्म (object of ‘धत्त’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मासु: in us
• अस्मासु: अधिकरण (locus: ‘in us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• धत्त: place, bestow
• धत्त: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• प्रजापतेः: of Prajāpati
• प्रजापतेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: your
• वः: सम्बन्ध (your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• धाम्ना: by (your) abode/power, by the sacred station
• धाम्ना: करण (means/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: for this (one), to him/it
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• लोकाय: for the world/realm
• लोकाय: सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (goal: ‘for the world/realm’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• सादये: may I cause (it) to be seated/established
• सादये: क्रिया (imperative/volitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → सादय

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī varies)

Devata: Āpas; Savitṛ as specified divine claimant; Prajāpati as authorizing power

Chandas: Atharvanic mixed/prose-like

Mantra Rasa

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