Mantra 22

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या देवीः पञ्च प्रदिशो ये देवा द्वादशर्तवः । संवत्सरस्य ये दंष्ट्रास्ते नः सन्तु सदा शिवाः

IAST Transliteration

yā́ devī́ḥ páñca pradíśo yé devā́ dvā́daśa ṛtávaḥ | saṃvatsarásya yé daṃṣṭrā́s té naḥ santu sadā́ śivā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Goddesses that are the Five Directions, the Gods that are the Twelve Seasons, the fangs of the Year—let them be for us ever gracious and benign.

Word by Word

• याः: who (those)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवीः: goddesses
• देवीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक) < देव

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Viśeṣaṇa (of प्रदिशः)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रदिशः: directions/quarters
• प्रदिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश् (प्रातिपदिक) < प्र + दिश्

• ये: who (those)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Viśeṣaṇa (of ऋतवः)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: द्वादशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतवः: seasons
• ऋतवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• संवत्सरस्य: of the year
• संवत्सरस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who (those)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दंष्ट्राः: fangs; biting powers
• दंष्ट्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary: for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सन्तु: may (they) be
• सन्तु: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• शिवाः: auspicious; kindly
• शिवाः: Kartā / Predicate adjective (of ते)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-context seer not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Pradiś (Directions), Ṛtavaḥ (Seasons), Saṃvatsara (Year) as cosmic powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.; pāda structure consistent with AV śānti verses)

Mantra Rasa

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