Mantra 13

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शिवा नारीयमस्तमागन्निमं धाता लोकमस्यै दिदेश । तामर्यमा भगो अश्विनोभा प्रजापतिः प्रजया वर्धयन्तु

IAST Transliteration

śivā́ nā́rīyám astám ā́gann imáṃ dhā́tā́ lókam asyái didéśa | tā́m aryamā́ bhágo aśvínobhā́ prajā́patiḥ prajā́yā vardhayantu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Auspicious hath this bride come home; for her hath Dhātṛ assigned this ordered sphere. Her may Aryaman and Bhaga, both Aśvins, and Prajāpati increase with progeny.

Translation

لقد جاءت هذه العروس إلى بيتها مُيمونةً؛ ولأجلها عيَّن دْهاتْر (Dhātṛ) هذا الحيِّزَ المنظَّم. فليُنمِها أريامان (Aryaman) وبهاگا (Bhaga) والأشفينان (Aśvin) كلاهما، وبراجابتي (Prajāpati) بالذرية.

Word by Word

• शिवा: auspicious (she)
• शिवा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तम्: home; to the house
• अस्तम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अस्तम् (अव्यय/निपात; ‘अस्त’)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• अगन्: went/came
• अगन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धाता: the Creator/Ordainer (Dhātṛ)
• धाता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ (प्रातिपदिक; √धा ‘धारणे/विधाने’ से)

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्यै: for her; to her
• अस्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिदेश: assigned, appointed, pointed out
• दिदेश: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिश्

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्यमा: Aryaman (deity)
• अर्यमा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्यन्/अर्यमा (प्रातिपदिक)

• भगः: Bhaga (deity)
• भगः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विनौ: the Aśvins (twin gods)
• अश्विनौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उभा: both
• उभा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati (Lord of creatures)
• प्रजापतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजया: with offspring; by progeny
• प्रजया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्धयन्तु: may they increase/prosper
• वर्धयन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (णिच् causative: वर्धय-)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic domestic seers (Anukramaṇī assigns within the Vivāha cycle; often Atharvan/Angiras-type attribution).

Devata: Dhātṛ; Aryaman; Bhaga; the Aśvins; Prajāpati (collective benedictors of marriage and progeny).

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like domestic cadence (as transmitted in AV wedding cycle; metrical exactness varies by pada division).

Mantra Rasa

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