Mantra 50

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या मे प्रियतमा तनूः सा मे बिभाय वाससः । तस्याग्रे त्वं वनस्पते नीविं कृणुष्व मा वयं रिषाम

IAST Transliteration

yā́ me priyátamā tanū́ḥ sā́ me bibhā́ya vā́sasaḥ | tásyā́gre tváṃ vanáspate nī́viṃ kṛṇuṣva mā́ vayáṃ riṣāma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

She who is my dearest body, she is in fear of the garment. At its fore, O Lord of the Forest, do thou make fast the girdle, that we be not harmed.

Translation

إِنَّهَا—وَهِيَ أَحَبُّ جَسَدٍ لَدَيَّ—تَخَافُ مِنَ الثَّوْبِ. فَعِنْدَ مُقَدَّمِهِ، يَا سَيِّدَ الغَابَةِ (vanaspati)، اصْنَعِ الحِزَامَ وَثَبِّتْهُ، لِكَيْلَا نُصَابَ بِأَذًى.

Word by Word

• या: which (she)
• या: Kartā (of implied/copular clause)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियतमा: most dear
• प्रियतमा: Viśeṣaṇa (of तनूः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (superlative)

• तनूः: body, person
• तनूः: Kartā (of बिभाय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• सा: she, that
• सा: Kartā (resumptive: ‘that (one)’)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → सा-

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बिभाय: has feared / feared
• बिभाय: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)

• वाससः: of the garment; of clothing
• वाससः: Apādāna/Hetu (source/cause of fear; ‘from/at clothing’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्य: of that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्रे: in front, before
• अग्रे: Adhikaraṇa (location: ‘in front’)
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā (of कृणुष्व)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वनस्पते: O lord of the forest (tree)
• वनस्पते: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• नीविम्: girdle, waistband
• नीविम्: Karma (object of कृणुष्व)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुष्व: make, fashion
• कृणुष्व: Kriyā (injunctive/command)
• Type: Verb (imperative)
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• मा: do not
• मा: (negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā (of implied verb in prohibition)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रिषाम: may we be harmed / suffer injury
• रिषाम: Kriyā (prohibited action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic wedding-hymn tradition (variable anukramaṇī attribution)

Devata: Vanaspati (wood/tree as divine material agent)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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