Mantra 5

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं सूर्यं शतवृष्ण्यम् । तेना ते तन्वे३ शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष्टे अस्तु बालिति

IAST Transliteration

vidmá śarásya pitáraṃ sū́ryaṃ śatá-vṛ́ṣṇyam | ténā te tanvé śáṃ-karaṃ pṛthivyā́ṃ te ní-secanam bahís-te astu bā́liti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We know the Father of the reed, the Sun, of hundredfold might. Therewith, for thy body, making welfare: upon the earth let thine infusion be; let it be outside of thee—bāliti.

Word by Word

• विद्मा: we two know
• विद्मा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद्

• शरस्य: of the reed/arrow (śara)
• शरस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक) + -स्य

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: कर्म (पितरम् इति विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतवृष्ण्यम्: of hundredfold virility/strength
• शतवृष्ण्यम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-वृष्णि (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः)

• तेन: with that / by him
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तन्वे: for (your) body
• तन्वे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well-being, welfare
• शम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय/निपात; ‘well-being’)

• करम्: making (it), bringing
• करम्: कर्म (फल/वस्तु-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘making/doing’, here as adj.)

• पृथिव्याम्: on/in the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निषेचनम्: sprinkling, infusion, insemination (fertilizing application)
• निषेचनम्: कर्तृ/कर्म-भाव (वाक्ये विधेयम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि-√सिच् → निषेचन (प्रातिपदिक; action-noun)

• बहिष्टे: most outward / very external (applied outwardly)
• बहिष्टे: कर्तृ/कर्म-भाव (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय) + -तम (superlative) → बहिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्

• बालिति: ‘bāli’ (ritual exclamation/closing word)
• बालिति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बालि (इति-पूर्वकं; मन्त्रान्त-उद्गार/पाठभेद-चिह्नः)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Angiras-type attribution for early charms; exact r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Sūrya (Sun) as healer/progenitor of the śara-power; implicitly also the charm’s apotropaic force.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent; pāda division and accentuation suggest a short, charm-style meter).

Mantra Rasa

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