Mantra 2

Sukta 106

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपामिदं न्ययनं समुद्रस्य निवेशनम्। मध्ये ह्रदस्य नो गृहाः पराचीना मुखा कृधि

IAST Transliteration

apā́m idáṃ nyáyanam samudrásya nivéśanam | mádhye hradásya no gṛhā́ḥ parācī́nā múkhā kṛdhi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This is the waters’ downward-leading, the sea’s resting-place. In the midst of the pool set thou our houses, with faces turned away.

Translation

এইটো পানীৰ তললৈ নিয়া পথ, সমুদ্ৰৰ নিবাসস্থান। হ্ৰদৰ মাজত আমাৰ ঘৰসমূহ স্থাপন কৰা; সিহঁতৰ মুখ পিঠি-ফাললৈ ঘূৰাই দিয়া।

Word by Word

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘जल’

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (न्ययनम् इत्यस्य विशेषण/निर्देशक)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• न्ययनम्: leading down; a channel/bringing-in (of water)
• न्ययनम्: कर्म (कृधि इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्ययन (प्रातिपदिक; √नी ‘ने’ + उपसर्ग नि-; भाव/करण-नाम)

• समुद्रस्य: of the sea/ocean
• समुद्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• निवेशनम्: dwelling-place; settlement; lodging
• निवेशनम्: कर्म (कृधि इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन (प्रातिपदिक; नि-√विश् ‘प्रवेशे/निवासे’ + ल्युट्)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun (locative used adverbially)
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह्रदस्य: of the lake/pond
• ह्रदस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहाः: houses; homes
• गृहाः: कर्तृ (कृधि-आज्ञायां ‘भवन्तु/भव’ इत्यर्थे) / विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• पराचीनाः: turned away; facing outward/back
• पराचीनाः: कर्तृ-विषय-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराचीन (प्रातिपदिक)

• मुखाः: with faces/openings
• मुखाः: कर्तृ-विषय-विशेषण
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally ‘having faces’)
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृधि: make; arrange (you)
• कृधि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे) [आज्ञार्थ]

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable Anukramaṇī attribution).

Devata: Āpas (Waters) and Samudra as receiving locus; protective ‘Hrada’ as spatial deity-like enclosure.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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