Mantra 5

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ वामगन्त्सुमतिर्वाजिनीवसू न्यश्विना हृत्सु कामा अरंसत । अभूतं गोपा मिथुना शुभस्पती प्रिया अर्यम्णो दुर्यां अशीमहि

IAST Transliteration

ā́ vām agan sumatír vājini-vasū ny àśvinā hṛtsú kā́mā araṃsata | abhū́taṃ gopā́ mithunā́ śubhaspatī priyā́ aryamṇó duryā́m aśīmahi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To you hath come good favour, O ye wealthy prize-bestowers: within our hearts, O Aśvins, desires have found their seat. Be ye the guarding pair, O lords of splendour; in Aryaman’s dear house may we attain our home-bliss.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• वाम्: you two; of you two
• वाम्: Karma (with आगन्) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronominal stem)

• अगन्: came
• अगन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• सुमतिः: good thought; favor; benevolence
• सुमतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति (प्रातिपदिक: सु- + मति)

• वाजिनीवसू: O you two rich in prize-winning (steeds/strength), i.e., the Aśvins
• वाजिनीवसू: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वाजिनीवसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हृत्सु: in (our) hearts
• हृत्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कामाः: desires; wishes
• कामाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरंसत: settled; took delight; found place
• अरंसत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रंस्

• अभूतम्: you two became; you two have been
• अभूतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• गोपाः: protectors; guardians
• गोपाः: Kartā (predicate/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोप (प्रातिपदिक)

• मिथुना: a paired couple; the two together
• मिथुना: Kartā (apposition to ‘you two’)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: मिथुन (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुभस्पती: O lords of splendor/beauty
• शुभस्पती: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: शुभस्-पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियाः: dear; beloved
• प्रियाः: Kartā (apposition to ‘you two’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्यम्णः: of Aryaman
• अर्यम्णः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्यमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुर्याम्: house; household; dwelling
• दुर्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अशीमहि: we would attain; may we obtain
• अशीमहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (to attain/obtain)

Attribution

Rishi: Marriage-hymn tradition; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī

Devata: Aśvins; Aryaman (implicit/secondary)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted; metrical classification varies in AV tradition)

Mantra Rasa

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