Mantra 6

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अप क्रामति सूनृता वीर्यं१ पुण्या लक्ष्मीः

IAST Transliteration

ápa krāmati sūnṛ́tā vīryàṃ puṇyā́ lakṣmī́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Away departs fair Truth of speech, away heroic might; away departs the holy Fortune, Lakṣmī, the auspicious.

Word by Word

• अप: away, off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• क्रामति: steps/moves away
• क्रामति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम्

• सूनृता: truthfulness; kindly/true speech
• सूनृता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनृता (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• वीर्यम्: strength, vigor, potency
• वीर्यम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• पुण्या: auspicious, meritorious
• पुण्या: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• लक्ष्मीः: fortune, prosperity
• लक्ष्मीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिकम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific attribution uncertain without padānukramaṇī data for this hymn)

Devata: Sūnṛtā, Vīrya, Lakṣmī (personified qualities)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-type (short pāda-like enumeration)

Mantra Rasa

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