Mantra 22

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इहैव स्तं मा वि यौष्टं विश्वमायुर्व्यऽश्नुतम्। क्रीडन्तौ पुत्रैर्नप्तृभिर्मोदमानौ स्वस्तकौ

IAST Transliteration

iháiva stám mā́ ví yáuṣṭaṃ víśvam ā́yur vy-àśnutam | krī́ḍantau putráir náptṛbhir mód amānau svastákau ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Here, even here, stand fast; go not asunder. Attain ye the whole of life’s allotted span; sporting with sons and sons of sons, rejoicing, a pair of blessed fortune.

Translation

Hier, ja hier, steht fest; geht nicht auseinander. Erreichet ihr die ganze euch zugemessene Lebensspanne. Spielend mit Söhnen und Enkelkindern, frohlockend, möget ihr ein Paar von glücklichem Geschick sein.

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• स्तम्: stand (you two), remain
• स्तम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• यौष्टम्: separate (you two)
• यौष्टम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्/यौष् (धातु; वैदिक-प्रयोगः ‘यौष्ट’)

• विश्वम्: entire, whole
• विश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: fully, widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• अश्नुतम्: attain, reach
• अश्नुतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु) / अश्नुते (प्रयोगः)

• क्रीडन्तौ: playing, sporting (the two)
• क्रीडन्तौ: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु) → क्रीडन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्रैः: with sons
• पुत्रैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• नप्तृभिः: with grandsons/descendants
• नप्तृभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मोदमानौ: rejoicing (the two)
• मोदमानौ: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु) → मोदमान (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वस्तकौ: prosperous, in well-being
• स्वस्तकौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with the Atharvanic marriage corpus (AV 14.1); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition.

Devata: Vivāha-śrī / domestic prosperity (implicit); the couple as the ritual focus.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section)

Mantra Rasa

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