Mantra 13

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

संसिचो नाम ते देवा ये संभारान्त्समभरन्। सर्वं संसिच्य मर्त्यं देवाः पुरुषमाविशन्

IAST Transliteration

saṃsíco náma te devā́ ye saṃbhārā́nt samábhāran | sárvaṃ saṃsícyá mártyaṃ devā́ḥ púruṣam ā́viśan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Sprinkler’ by name are those Gods of thine who gathered and brought the requisites together. Having wholly sprinkled the mortal frame, the Gods entered into the Person.

Word by Word

• सं॒सिचः: the ‘sprinkler’/sprinkling-one (a divine agent of consecration)
• सं॒सिचः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-√सिच् (सिच् ‘सिञ्चति’) / प्रातिपदिक: संसिच्

• नाम: namely / by name
• नाम: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• दे॒वाः: the gods
• दे॒वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• सं॑भा॒रान्: the requisites/materials (for the rite)
• सं॑भा॒रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-√भृ (भृ ‘भरति’) → कृत/भाव: संभारा-

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• अभरन्: they brought / they carried
• अभरन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भृ ‘to carry/bring’)

• सर्वम्: all, the whole
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व

• सं॒सिच्य: having sprinkled / after consecrating
• सं॒सिच्य: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सं-√सिच् → संसिच्य (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)

• मर्त्यम्: the mortal (man)
• मर्त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य

• दे॒वाः: the gods
• दे॒वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• पुरुषम्: the person
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष

• आविशत्: they entered / took possession (of)
• आविशत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√विश् (विश् ‘to enter’)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers (often catalogued under Atharvan/Angiras strata for AV 11.8).

Devata: Devāḥ as formative powers; implicit Puruṣa (the Person) as the locus of indwelling.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section; metrical exactness may vary by pada).

Mantra Rasa

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