Mantra 6

Sukta 46

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

घृतादुल्लुप्तो मधुमान् पयस्वान्त्सहस्रप्राणः शतयोनिर्वयोधाः । शम्भूश्च मयोभूश्चोर्जस्वांश्च पयस्वांश्चास्तृतस्त्वाभि रक्षतु

IAST Transliteration

ghṛtā́d ullúptaḥ mádhumān páyasvān sahásraprāṇaḥ śatáyoniḥ vayodhā́ḥ | śambhū́ś ca máyobhū́ś corjásvāṃś ca páyasvāṃś cā́ṣṭṛ́tas tvā́bhi rakṣatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Anointed with ghee, honeyed, rich in milk—of thousandfold breath, of hundredfold sources, a giver of vigor: beneficent and bliss-bestowing, strong in nourishment and rich in milk—may Aṣṭṛta guard thee round about.

Translation

مَمْسُوحٌ بِالسَّمْنِ (ghṛta)، مُحَلًّى بِالعَسَلِ، غَنِيٌّ بِاللَّبَنِ—ذُو نَفَسٍ أَلْفِيٍّ، ذُو مَصَادِرَ مِئَوِيَّةٍ، وَاهِبُ القُوَّةِ. مُبَارَكٌ وَمُفِيضٌ لِلسَّعَادَةِ، قَوِيٌّ فِي الغِذَاءِ وَغَنِيٌّ بِاللَّبَنِ—فَلْيَحْرُسْكَ أَشْتْرِتَا (Aṣṭṛta) مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ.

Word by Word

• घृतात्: from ghee
• घृतात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• उल्लुप्तः: sprinkled/washed up (with), anointed
• उल्लुप्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-लुप् (धातु) → उल्लुप्त (कृदन्त)

• मधुमान्: honeyed; possessing honey
• मधुमान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु + मतुप् → मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पयस्वान्: milky; possessing milk
• पयस्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पयस् + मतुप् → पयस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रप्राणः: having a thousand breaths/lives
• सहस्रप्राणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सहस्र + प्राण (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• शतयोनिः: of a hundred wombs/sources
• शतयोनिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शत + योनि (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• वयोधाः: bestower/supporter of vigor/age
• वयोधाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वयस् + धा (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्भूः: beneficent; auspicious-being
• शम्भूः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शम् + भू (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक: शम्भू)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• मयोभूः: source of joy/comfort
• मयोभूः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मयस्/मयः (delight) + भू (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• ऊर्जस्वान्: vigorous; full of strength
• ऊर्जस्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्जस् + मतुप् → ऊर्जस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पयस्वान्: milky; rich in milk
• पयस्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पयस् + मतुप् → पयस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अस्तृतः: unharmed; not injured
• अस्तृतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तृ (धातु) → अस्तृत (कृदन्त)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अभि: towards; over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रक्षतु: may (he/it) protect
• रक्षतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Aṣṭṛta (guardian); nutritive powers personified through ghṛta/madhu/payas

Chandas: Late Anuṣṭubh-like / mixed

Mantra Rasa

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