Mantra 1

Sukta 60

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अङ्गानि। वाङ् म आसन् नसोः प्राणश्चक्षुरक्ष्णोः श्रोत्रं कर्णयोः । अपलिताः केशा अशोणा दन्ता बहु बाह्वोर्बलम्

IAST Transliteration

aṅgā́ni | vā́ṅ me āsan nasóḥ prāṇáś cákṣur akṣṇóḥ śrótraṃ kárṇayoḥ | apalitā́ḥ kéśā aśóṇā dántā bahú bāhvór bálam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let my members be in sound estate: let breath be in my nostrils, sight in mine eyes, hearing in mine ears; let my hairs be ungreyed, my teeth firm, and in mine arms abundant strength.

Translation

আমার অঙ্গ-প্রত্যঙ্গ সুস্থ থাকুক। আমার নাসিকায় প্রাণ থাকুক, আমার চোখে দৃষ্টি, আমার কানে শ্রবণশক্তি থাকুক। আমার কেশ অপলিত (অশ্বেত) থাকুক, আমার দাঁত দৃঢ় থাকুক, এবং আমার বাহুতে প্রচুর বল থাকুক।

Word by Word

• अङ्गानि: limbs (members of the body)
• अङ्गानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• नसोः: of/in the two nostrils
• नसोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणः: breath, vital air
• प्राणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: eye, sight
• चक्षुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अक्ष्णोः: of/in the two eyes
• अक्ष्णोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोत्रम्: hearing, ear
• श्रोत्रम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्णयोः: of/in the two ears
• कर्णयोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपलिताः: not grey (un-greyed)
• अपलिताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपलित (प्रातिपदिक; a- + पलित)

• केशाः: hairs
• केशाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश (प्रातिपदिक)

• अशोणाः: not reddish (i.e., not discolored)
• अशोणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशोण (प्रातिपदिक; a- + शोण)

• दन्ताः: teeth
• दन्ताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• बहु: much, abundant
• बहु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• बाह्वोः: of/in the two arms
• बाह्वोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Āyuṣ/Prāṇa and the embodied faculties (functional deities of the body)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like benedictive cadence (late Atharvanic bodily litany; exact meter uncertain)

Mantra Rasa

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