Mantra 33

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वनस्पते स्तीर्णमा सीद बर्हिरग्निष्टोभैः संमितो देवताभिः । त्वष्ट्रेव रूपं सुकृतं स्वधित्यैना एहाः परि पात्रे ददृश्राम्

IAST Transliteration

vánaspate stīrṇám ā́ sīdá barhír agniṣṭóbhaiḥ sáṃmito devátābhiḥ | tváṣṭrevá rūpáṃ sukṛtáṃ svádhityai enā́ ehā́ḥ pári pā́tre dadṛśrām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Lord of the Wood, sit down upon the strewn Barhis, duly measured with Agniṣṭobha-chants, with the Gods. Like Tvaṣṭṛ, a form well-fashioned for the axe’s right working—these here have we set in order about the vessel, made manifest to sight.

Translation

يا فانَسْپَتي (Vanaspati)، سيّدَ الخشب، اجلسْ على البَرْهِس (barhis) المبسوط، المضبوطِ بقياساتِ أناشيدِ أَغْنِشْتوبها (Agniṣṭobha)، مع الآلهة. وكَتْفَشْتَر (Tvaṣṭṛ) صُورةٌ مُحكَمةُ الصنع لِحُسنِ عملِ الفأس—هذه هنا قد رتّبناها حول الإناء، وأظهرناها لتُرى بالعين.

Word by Word

• वनस्पते: O lord of the forest (tree/wood)
• वनस्पते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तीर्णम्: spread out, strewn
• स्तीर्णम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्तृ (स्तरणे) → स्तीर्ण (कृदन्त, क्त)

• आ: hither; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सीद: sit down
• सीद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (उपवेशने)

• बर्हिः: the sacrificial grass (barhis)
• बर्हिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निष्टोभैः: with Agniṣṭoma(-chants/rites)
• अग्निष्टोभैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• संमितः: measured/regulated; duly arranged
• संमितः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √मा (माने/मितौ) → संमित (कृदन्त, क्त)

• देवताभिः: with the deities
• देवताभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वष्ट्रा: by Tvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
• त्वष्ट्रा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्ट्र् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• रूपम्: form, shape
• रूपम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुकृतम्: well-made, well-fashioned
• सुकृतम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + √कृ (करणे) → सुकृत (कृदन्त, क्त) / सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वधित्यै: for the axe/adze (as instrument/purpose)
• स्वधित्यै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• एनाः: these (f.)
• एनाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एना (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / एतद्-सम्बद्ध

• एहाः: these comings/approaches; these here
• एहाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: एहा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘approach/coming’, also ‘these here’ in Vedic usage)

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पात्रे: in/at the vessel, bowl
• पात्रे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ददृश्राम्: we have seen; we beheld
• ददृश्राम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (दर्शने) → ददृश् (परिपूर्ण-धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa transmission (book-level attribution; verse-level r̥ṣi not securely fixed in common indices)

Devata: Vanaspati (wood/forest lord) with implicit Tvaṣṭṛ as archetype of formation

Chandas: Mixed/triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted in AV 12.3; metrical exactness depends on pada-counting of the recension)

Mantra Rasa

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