Mantra 26

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुमङ्गली प्रतरणी गृहाणां सुशेवा पत्ये श्वशुराय शंभूः । स्योना श्वश्र्वै प्र गृहान् विशेमान्

IAST Transliteration

sumáṅgalī prá-taraṇī gr̥hā́ṇāṃ suśévā pátye śváśurāya śámbhūḥ | syónā śváśrvai prá gr̥hā́n viśemān ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Auspicious, bearing us safely through the houses, kindly in service—be thou a maker of peace to husband and to father-in-law. Gentle to thy mother-in-law, may we enter forth into the home.

Translation

أيتها المباركة، يا من تُعبرين بنا بسلامٍ خلال البيوت، يا حسنةَ الخدمة—كوني صانعةَ سلامٍ للزوج وللحمو. كوني لينةً للحمَاة؛ ولندخلْ إلى الدار دخولًا حسنًا.

Word by Word

• सुमङ्गली: auspicious (woman/bride)
• सुमङ्गली: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमङ्गलि- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + मङ्गलि)

• प्रतर॑णी: helping to cross over; delivering
• प्रतर॑णी: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-तॄ (धातु) → प्र-तरणी- (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहाणाम्: of the houses; of the household
• गृहाणाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुशेवा: kindly disposed; well-serving
• सुशेवा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शेव- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + शेव)

• पत्ये: for (her) husband
• पत्ये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्वशुराय: for the father-in-law
• श्वशुराय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्भूः: welfare-bringing; beneficent
• शम्भूः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शम्-भू (धातु) → शम्भू- (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; ‘bringing welfare’)

• स्योना: gentle; kindly
• स्योना: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्योन- (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्वश्र्वै: for the mother-in-law
• श्वश्र्वै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वश्रू- (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth; forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• गृहान्: houses; home(s)
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विशेमान्: may we enter
• विशेमान्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-विश् (धातु) → विशेम (लोट्/विधिलिङ्-सम्भाव्य); पाठे: विशेमान् = विशेम (१पु बहु) + न् (वैदिक पदपूरण/अनुनासिक)

Attribution

Rishi: As in AV 14.2 marriage corpus (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Domestic harmony (implicit); addressed to the bride as ritual subject

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as transmitted)

Mantra Rasa

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