Mantra 72

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जनियन्ति नावग्रवः पुत्रियन्ति सुदानवः । अरिष्टासू सचेवहि बृहते वाजसातये

IAST Transliteration

janíyanti návagraváḥ putríyanti sudā́naváḥ | áriṣṭāsu sacevahi bṛhaté vā́jasātaye ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The low-lamenting beget not; the liberal givers long for sons. With women safe and unscathed do thou consort, for the winning of the mighty prize of strength.

Word by Word

• जनयन्ति: they beget / they produce
• जनयन्ति: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जने) / caus. √जन् → जनयति

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अवग्रवः: the ‘avagrava’ men (a class/people; lit. ‘down-calling/low-voiced’—tribal/folk designation)
• अवग्रवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवग्रव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्रियन्ति: they desire sons / they seek offspring
• पुत्रियन्ति: Kriyā (समन्वित क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुत्रिय- (denom. from पुत्र) → पुत्रियति

• सुदानवः: the generous ones / good givers
• सुदानवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-दानु/दानव- (प्रातिपदिक); here as बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय sense ‘good-giving’

• अरिष्टासू: in/at (the state of) unharmedness; in safety
• अरिष्टासू: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिष्टा- (f.)

• सचेवहि: (you) accompany / join (us)!
• सचेवहि: Kriyā (आह्वान/प्रार्थना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सच् (सचते ‘to accompany, be associated’) + वहि (injunctive/imperative-like Vedic ending)

• बृहते: for the great (one)
• बृहते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: बृहन्त् (adj. ‘great’)

• वाजसातये: for the winning of the prize / for victory
• वाजसातये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजसाति- (f.) ‘winning of prize/strength’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic tradition (strīkarman complex).

Devata: Prosperity/offspring (vāja, putra) as the operative aim; no single theistic devatā foregrounded.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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