Mantra 37

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

१॥ सूर्यस्यावृतमन्वावर्ते दक्षिणामन्वावृतम्। सा मे द्रविणं यच्छतु सा मे ब्राह्मणवर्चसम्

IAST Transliteration

sū́ryasyā́vṛtam anvā́varte dákṣiṇām anvā́vṛtam | sā́ me dráviṇaṃ yacchatu sā́ me brāhmaṇavarcásam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Following the Sun’s ordered revolution it comes round—following the revolution, the Dakṣiṇā. Let her bestow on me wealth; let her bestow on me brahmanic splendour.

Word by Word

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• आवृतम्: (that which is) covered/turned back
• आवृतम्: विशेषण/कर्म-सम्बन्ध (object-like: ‘that which is covered/turned’)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तने/आवरणे) → आवृत (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)

• अनु: after, along
• अनु: क्रियाविशेषण (directional: ‘after/along’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• आवर्ते: turns/returns, revolves
• आवर्ते: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तने) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आवर्तते

• दक्षिणाम्: the Dakṣiṇā (priestly gift/fee)
• दक्षिणाम्: कर्म (object of ‘अनु-आवर्ते’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along
• अनु: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• आवृतम्: (that which is) covered/turned back
• आवृतम्: विशेषण/कर्म-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तने/आवरणे) → आवृत (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)

• सा: she/that (Dakṣiṇā)
• सा: कर्तृ (of यच्छतु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: to me / my
• मे: सम्प्रदान (recipient: ‘to me’) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• द्रविणम्: wealth, property
• द्रविणम्: कर्म (object of यच्छतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)

• यच्छतु: may (she) give
• यच्छतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति ‘to give/offer/hand’)

• सा: she/that
• सा: कर्तृ (of यच्छतु—elliptic repetition)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: to me / my
• मे: सम्प्रदान (to me) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ब्राह्मणवर्चसम्: brahmanical splendor; priestly/holy lustre
• ब्राह्मणवर्चसम्: कर्म (object of यच्छतु—understood)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण-वर्चस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as an Atharvanic prosperity formula-set)

Devata: Dakṣiṇā (personified), with Sūrya as cosmological guarantor

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short pāda structure consistent with anuṣṭubh-style Atharvanic formulas)

Mantra Rasa

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