Mantra 7

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शक्वरी स्थ पशवो मोप स्थेषुर्मित्रावरुणौ मे प्राणापानावग्निर्मे दक्षं दधातु

IAST Transliteration

śakvárī stha paśávo mā́ úpa stheṣur mitrā́váruṇau me prā́ṇāpānāv agnír me dákṣaṃ dadhātu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Be ye the Śakvarīs; may the cattle stand fast beside me. Mitra and Varuṇa be mine—(and) In-breath and Out-breath; may Agni establish in me ability and strength.

Word by Word

• शक्वरी: (you) Śakvarī-s (a class of metres/chanting forms)
• शक्वरी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्वरि- (प्रातिपदिक) / शक्वरी-

• स्थ: you are / you stand
• स्थ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• पशवः: cattle, animals
• पशवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: not; do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• उप: near; towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्थेषुः: they stood / they may stand
• स्थेषुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• मित्रावरुणौ: Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र- + वरुण- (प्रातिपदिक-द्वन्द्व)

• मे: my
• मे: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• प्राणापानौ: the in-breath and out-breath
• प्राणापानौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण- + अपान- (प्रातिपदिक-द्वन्द्व)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: my
• मे: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• दक्षम्: strength; skill; capability
• दक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधातु: may he place / bestow
• दधातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: To be confirmed from Anukramaṇī for 16.4.

Devata: Śakvarī powers (metre/chant-personification), Paśu (wealth), Mitra-Varuṇa, Prāṇa-Apāna, Agni

Chandas: Likely mixed; contains formulaic prose-like expansions; to be metrically verified.

Mantra Rasa

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