Mantra 12

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सूनृता संनतिः क्षेमः स्वधोर्जामृतं सहः । उच्छिष्टे सर्वे प्रत्यञ्चः कामाः कामेन ततृपुः

IAST Transliteration

sūnṛ́tā sánnatiḥ kṣémáḥ svadhór jā́mṛ́taṁ sáhaḥ | ucchíṣṭe sárve pratyáñcaḥ kā́māḥ kā́mena tatŕ̥puḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Truth-speaking, concord, welfare, svadhā-born immortality, and might—within Ucchiṣṭa; all desires, turned hitherward, are satisfied by desire itself.

Translation

সূনৃতা (সত্য-বচন), সংনতি (ঐক্য), ক্ষেম (কল্যাণ), স্বধা-জাত অমৃতত্ব, আৰু সহ (বল)—উচ্ছিষ্টৰ ভিতৰত; সকলো কামনা, এইফালে মুখ কৰি, কামনাই কামনাৰে তৃপ্ত হয়।

Word by Word

• सूनृता: truthful/sweet speech
• सूनृता: Kartā (सूची/समुच्चय में विषय-रूपेण) अथवा विशेष्य-रूपेण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनृता- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + नृता ‘सत्य/नृ-सम्बद्ध वाणी’)

• संनतिः: reverence, bowing
• संनतिः: Kartā (समुच्चय में) अथवा विशेष्य-रूपेण
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनति- (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√नम् ‘नमना/झुकना’ से भाव)

• क्षेमः: welfare, security
• क्षेमः: Kartā (समुच्चय में) अथवा विशेष्य-रूपेण
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वधोः: of svadhā (ancestral oblation/food-offering)
• स्वधोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive) — ‘स्वधा’ का
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जामृतम्: life-giving ambrosia; nectar-like (thing)
• जामृतम्: Kartā/विशेष्य (समुच्चय में) अथवा कर्म (यदि ‘ततृपुः’ का) — संदर्भानुसार
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामृत- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जा/ज’ + अमृत ‘अमृत-सदृश/जीवनदायी’)

• सहः: strength, might
• सहः: Kartā/विशेष्य (समुच्चय में) अथवा कर्म (यदि ‘ततृपुः’ का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्छिष्टे: in/with the leavings; in the remnants (esp. food-remains)
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण: ‘उच्छिष्टे’ = ‘उच्छिष्ट में/पर’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट- (प्रातिपदिक; √शिष् ‘शेष रहना’ से ‘अवशिष्ट/भोजन-शेष’)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Kartā (ततृपुः के कर्ता) — ‘सर्वे … कामाः’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रत्यञ्चः: turned toward (one), facing (one)
• प्रत्यञ्चः: Kartā-विशेषण (कामाः का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च्- (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति-अञ्च् ‘की ओर मुड़ा/अभिमुख’)

• कामाः: desires, wishes
• कामाः: Kartā (ततृपुः के)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• कामेन: by desire; with (one’s) desire
• कामेन: Karaṇa (करण: ‘कामेन’ = ‘काम के द्वारा/से’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ततृपुः: they became satisfied; they were satiated
• ततृपुः: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (तृप्यति ‘तृप्त होना’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (with associated abstractions: Sūnṛtā, Kṣema, Amṛta)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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