Mantra 37

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

१॥ सूर्यस्यावृतमन्वावर्ते दक्षिणामन्वावृतम्। सा मे द्रविणं यच्छतु सा मे ब्राह्मणवर्चसम्

IAST Transliteration

sū́ryasyā́vṛtam anvā́varte dákṣiṇām anvā́vṛtam | sā́ me dráviṇaṃ yacchatu sā́ me brāhmaṇavarcásam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Following the Sun’s ordered revolution it comes round—following the revolution, the Dakṣiṇā. Let her bestow on me wealth; let her bestow on me brahmanic splendour.

Translation

على وَفْقِ دَوَرانِ سُورْيَا المُنَظَّمِ تَعودُ فَتَدورُ—وعلى وَفْقِ ذلكَ الدَّوَرانِ تَدورُ الدَّكْشِنَا (Dakṣiṇā). فَلْتَهَبْ لي ثَروةً؛ وَلْتَهَبْ لي بَهاءَ البراهمة.

Word by Word

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• आवृतम्: (that which is) covered/turned back
• आवृतम्: विशेषण/कर्म-सम्बन्ध (object-like: ‘that which is covered/turned’)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तने/आवरणे) → आवृत (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)

• अनु: after, along
• अनु: क्रियाविशेषण (directional: ‘after/along’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• आवर्ते: turns/returns, revolves
• आवर्ते: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तने) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आवर्तते

• दक्षिणाम्: the Dakṣiṇā (priestly gift/fee)
• दक्षिणाम्: कर्म (object of ‘अनु-आवर्ते’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along
• अनु: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• आवृतम्: (that which is) covered/turned back
• आवृतम्: विशेषण/कर्म-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तने/आवरणे) → आवृत (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)

• सा: she/that (Dakṣiṇā)
• सा: कर्तृ (of यच्छतु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: to me / my
• मे: सम्प्रदान (recipient: ‘to me’) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• द्रविणम्: wealth, property
• द्रविणम्: कर्म (object of यच्छतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)

• यच्छतु: may (she) give
• यच्छतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति ‘to give/offer/hand’)

• सा: she/that
• सा: कर्तृ (of यच्छतु—elliptic repetition)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: to me / my
• मे: सम्प्रदान (to me) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ब्राह्मणवर्चसम्: brahmanical splendor; priestly/holy lustre
• ब्राह्मणवर्चसम्: कर्म (object of यच्छतु—understood)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण-वर्चस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as an Atharvanic prosperity formula-set)

Devata: Dakṣiṇā (personified), with Sūrya as cosmological guarantor

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short pāda structure consistent with anuṣṭubh-style Atharvanic formulas)

Mantra Rasa

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