Mantra 2

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो वः शिवतमो रसस्तस्य भाजयतेह नः । उशतीरिव मातरः

IAST Transliteration

yó vaḥ́ śivátamo rásaḥ tásya bhājayatehá naḥ | uśatī́r iva mātáraḥ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso of you hath sap most blest and kindly—of that, even here, vouchsafe to give us portion; like mothers gladly yearning (to nourish).

Word by Word

• यः: who (that one who)
• यः: Kartā (भाजयते इत्यस्य कर्ता) / सम्बन्ध-प्रदर्शकः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna (हित-सम्बन्धः: ‘for you’) / सम्बन्धः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शिवतमः: most auspicious, most beneficent
• शिवतमः: विशेषणम् (रसस्य) / Kartā-सम्बन्धः (यः … रसः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (तम-प्रत्ययः)

• रसः: sap, juice, essence
• रसः: Kartā (भाजयते इत्यस्य कर्ता; ‘the sap/essence distributes’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्धः (षष्ठी: ‘of that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भाजयते: apportions, distributes, grants a share
• भाजयते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु) [णिच्-प्रयोगः: भाजय-]

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (देश-निर्देशः: ‘here’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (हित-सम्बन्धः: ‘to/for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उशतीः: desiring, eager, kindly-disposed
• उशतीः: Kartā (अध्याहृत-क्रियायाः/उपमानस्य) / विशेषणम् (मातरः)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: उशत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वश्/उश् ‘to desire, wish’)

• इव: like, as
• इव: (उपमान-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• मातरः: mothers
• मातरः: Kartā (उपमेय/सम्बोधन-भावः; ‘(as) mothers’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as an Atharvan/Angiras-type healing utterance).

Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ (the Plants/Herbs), with rása as their personified efficacy.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical audit across 1.5).

Mantra Rasa

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