Mantra 12

Sukta 69

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आदह स्वधामनु पुनर्गर्भत्वमेरिरे। दधाना नाम यज्ञियम्

IAST Transliteration

ā́ daha svadhā́m ánu púnaḥ garbhatvám erire | dádhānā nā́ma yajñíyam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Burn forth, in thine own proper might, according to ordinance: again they have set pregnancy in motion, bearing the sacrificial name.

Translation

التَهِبْ بقوّتكَ الخاصة، وفق السُّنَن والناموس (ڤِدهي)؛ وها هم من جديد يُحرِّكون الحَبَلَ ويُطلِقون مسيرَه، حاملين الاسمَ اليَجْنِيَّ—اسمَ اليَجْنا (القُربان المقدّس).

Word by Word

• आ: hither; then/indeed (particle)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दह: burn (you)!
• दह: (अध्याहृत) कर्ता: त्वम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)

• स्वधाम्: the svadhā-offering / ancestral oblation
• स्वधाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; along; according to
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

• गर्भत्वम्: pregnancy; the state of being in the womb
• गर्भत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भत्व (प्रातिपदिक; गर्भ + त्व)

• ईरिरे: they have stirred/risen; they have set (it) in motion
• ईरिरे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/इर् (धातु; ‘to set in motion, to rise’)

• दधानाः: bearing; placing; holding
• दधानाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) → दधाना (वर्तमान कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञियम्: sacrificial; worthy of worship/ritual
• यज्ञियम्: Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-source attribution (AV 20 borrowing).

Devata: Indraic/fiery purificatory power (often mediated through Agni-like burning imagery within Indra hymns)

Chandas: As per RV source.

Mantra Rasa

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