Mantra 2
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
वासन्तौ मासौ गोप्तारावकुर्वन् बृहच्च रथंतरं चानुष्ठातारौ
IAST Transliteration
vāsantaú māsáu goptā́rāv akurvan bṛhácc a rathantaraṃ́ cānuṣṭhātā́rau
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The two spring months they made his guardians; Bṛhat and Rathantara, too, as his two executors of the rite.
Word by Word
वासन्तौthe two vernal (months)
वासन्तौ:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवासन्त- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वसन्त’ ऋतु/सम्बन्धी)
मासौtwo months
मासौ:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमास- (प्रातिपदिक)
गोप्तारौtwo protectors/guardians
गोप्तारौ:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootगोप्तृ- (प्रातिपदिक; कर्तृ-नाम, √गुप् ‘to protect’)
अकुर्वन्they made / they performed
अकुर्वन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
बृहत्Bṛhat (a Sāman chant)
बृहत्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (name of Sāman)
Rootबृहत्- (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
रथन्तरम्Rathantara (a Sāman chant)
रथन्तरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (name of Sāman)
Rootरथन्तर- (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
अनुष्ठातारौtwo performers/executors
अनुष्ठातारौ:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootअनुष्ठातृ- (प्रातिपदिक; कर्तृ-नाम, अनु-√स्था ‘to carry out, perform’)
Attribution
Rishi: Vrātya-cycle tradition
Devata: Personified months/season; Sāman powers (Bṛhat, Rathantara)
Chandas: Mixed; likely prose-like with embedded cadence
Mantra Rasa
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