Mantra 8

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एमं पन्थामरुक्षाम सुगं स्वस्तिवाहनम्। यस्मिन् वीरो न रिष्यत्यन्येषां विन्दते वसु

IAST Transliteration

imáṃ pánthā́m arukṣā́m sugáṃ svàsti-vā́hanam | yásmin vīró ná ríṣyaty anyéṣāṃ vindáte vásu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This path we make unharmful—easy of passage, a bearer of welfare—whereon the man is not smitten, and from others wins him wealth.

Word by Word

• एतम्: this (path)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पन्थानम्: path, way
• पन्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पन्था (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुक्षाम: we mounted / we ascended
• अरुक्षाम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)

• सुगम्: easy to go on, good-going
• सुगम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-ग (प्रातिपदिक; सु + गम्/ग)

• स्वस्तिवाहनम्: bringing well-being/safety
• स्वस्तिवाहनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वीरः: a hero/man
• वीरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• रिष्यति: is harmed / perishes
• रिष्यति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष् (धातु)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• विन्दते: obtains, finds
• विन्दते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु; ‘to find/obtain’)

• वसु: wealth, good
• वसु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally assigned within AV 14.2 (Vivāha) to Atharvanic seers (often Atharvan/Angiras lineages in anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Svasti (auspicious well-being) / Path (Panthā) as functional focus; implicitly Savitṛ as impeller of safe passage.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV vivāha material)

Mantra Rasa

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