Mantra 4

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सरस्वतीमनुमतिं भगं यन्तो हवामहे । वाचं जुष्टां मधुमतीमवादिषं देवानां देवहूतिषु

IAST Transliteration

sárasvatīm ánumatiṃ bhágaṃ yántaḥ havāmahe | vā́caṃ juṣṭā́ṃ mádhumatīm avādiṣaṃ devā́nāṃ deváhūtiṣu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sarasvatī, Anumatī, and Bhaga—approaching, we invoke. A speech, well-accepted, honey-fraught, have I uttered amid the gods’ invocations unto the Gods.

Translation

Sarasvatī, Anumatī und Bhaga—zu ihnen, herantretend, rufen wir. Eine Rede, wohlgefällig, honigreich, habe ich gesprochen inmitten der Anrufungen der Götter an die Götter.

Word by Word

• सरस्वतीम्: Sarasvatī (the goddess)
• सरस्वतीम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक) < सरस् + वती

• अनुमतिम्: Anumatī (goddess of consent/assent)
• अनुमतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: अनुमति (प्रातिपदिक)

• भगम्: Bhaga (god of fortune/share)
• भगम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• यन्तः: going/approaching (we), as we go
• यन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: यत् (धातु) → यन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ)

• हवामहे: we invoke / we call upon
• हवामहे: क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे (धातु) ‘to call/invoke’

• वाचम्: speech, utterance
• वाचम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक) स्त्री

• जुष्टाम्: accepted, pleasing
• जुष्टाम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: जुष् (धातु) → जुष्ट (भूतकृदन्त/क्त)

• मधुमतीम्: honeyed, sweet
• मधुमतीम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) < मधु + मत्

• अवादिषम्: I spoke / I uttered
• अवादिषम्: क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) ‘to speak’ + अव- (उपसर्ग)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवहूतिषु: in the divine invocations/callings (rites of invoking the gods)
• देवहूतिषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवहूति (प्रातिपदिक) < देव + हूति (हू-धातु-निष्पन्ना ‘invocation/call’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed in the AV ancillary tradition to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers; exact r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Sarasvatī, Anumatī, Bhaga; and implicitly Vāc

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant AV narrative-ritual meter; this verse is anuṣṭubh-like in cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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