Mantra 4
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सुश्रुतौ कर्णौ भद्रश्रुतौ कर्णौ भद्रं श्लोकं श्रूयासम्
IAST Transliteration
suśrutáu kárṇau bhadraśrutáu kárṇau bhadráṃ ślókaṃ śrūyāsam
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Well-hearing be mine ears, auspicious-hearing be mine ears: may I hear an auspicious saying.
Word by Word
सुश्रुतौwell-hearing, of good hearing
सुश्रुतौ:
Kartā (अन्तर्भूतः—कर्णौ एव श्रोत्र-कर्तारौ)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-श्रुत (प्रातिपदिक; श्रुत < √श्रु ‘to hear’)
कर्णौ(two) ears
कर्णौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
भद्रश्रुतौauspicious-hearing, hearing what is good
भद्रश्रुतौ:
Kartā (अन्तर्भूतः—कर्णौ)
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र-श्रुत (प्रातिपदिक; श्रुत < √श्रु)
कर्णौ(two) ears
कर्णौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
भद्रम्auspicious, good
भद्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
श्लोकम्verse, hymn
श्लोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रूयासम्may I hear
श्रूयासम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (शृणोति)
Attribution
Rishi: Unspecified in the provided excerpt (requires Anukramaṇī consultation).
Devata: Indriyas (sense-faculties) / auspicious śruti (functional).
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires verification).
Mantra Rasa
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