Mantra 12
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इमं बिभर्मि वरणमायुष्मान्छतशारदः । स मे राष्ट्रं च क्षत्रं च पशूनोजश्च मे दधत्
IAST Transliteration
imáṃ bibharmi varaṇám ā́yuṣmān chatá-śā́radaḥ | sá me rāṣṭráṃ ca kṣatráṃ ca paśū́n ójaś ca me dadhat
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
This Varana I bear, life-giving, for a hundred autumns. May it bestow on me realm and ruling power, and cattle, and strength besides.
Word by Word
इमम्this (one/thing)
इमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (Pronoun)
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बिभर्मिI bear / I carry
बिभर्मि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरणे)
वरणम्a protective charm/amulet (varṇa/varaṇa)
वरणम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवरण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘choice/selection’, also ‘protective covering/amulet’ in AV usage)
आयुष्मान्life-giving, endowed with long life
आयुष्मान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootआयुष्मन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
शतशारदःlasting a hundred autumns (i.e., a hundred years)
शतशारदः:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootशत-शारद (समास-प्रातिपदिक; शत + शारद ‘autumnal years’)
सःhe/that (charm)
सः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (Pronoun)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मेto/for me; of me (contextually: for me)
मे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (Pronoun)
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
राष्ट्रम्realm, kingdom, dominion
राष्ट्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
क्षत्रम्kṣatra: power, sovereignty, warrior-rule
क्षत्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
पशून्cattle, livestock
पशून्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (प्रातिपदिक)
ओजःvigor, strength
ओजः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
मेto/for me
मे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (Pronoun)
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दधत्placing, bestowing (upon me)
दधत्:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (participial)
Root√धा (धारणे/स्थापने)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Varana/Vanaspati as bestower of āyus and socio-political goods
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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