Mantra 22

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत् त्वा वहन्तु मरुत उदवाहा उदप्रुतः । अजेन कृण्वन्तः शीतं वर्षेणोक्षन्तु बालिति

IAST Transliteration

út tvā vahantu marúta udavāhā́ udaprútaḥ | ajéna kṛṇvántaḥ śītáṃ varṣéṇókṣantu bāl íti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Up let the Maruts bear thee—upbearing, up-springing; with the goat making coolness, with rain let them sprinkle thee—so be it.

Word by Word

• उत्: up; forth
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• वहन्तु: let them carry/lead
• वहन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्

• मरुतः: the Maruts (storm-gods)
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत्

• उद: up; out
• उद: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग)

• अवाहाः: carriers/transporters; those who convey
• अवाहाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अवाह (प्रातिपदिक; √वह् + आ- उपसर्ग, कृत्-प्रत्ययः)

• उद: up; out
• उद: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग)

• अप्रुतः: unhindered; unobstructed
• अप्रुतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रुत (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + प्रुत/प्रु-सम्बद्ध)

• अजेन: with a goat
• अजेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज

• कृण्वन्तः: doing; making
• कृण्वन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: कृ

• शीतम्: coolness; cooling (thing/state)
• शीतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीत

• वर्षेण: with rain; by rainfall
• वर्षेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष

• उक्षन्तु: let them sprinkle/drench
• उक्षन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उक्ष्

• बालिति: ‘so’/thus (end marker)
• बालिति: —
• Type: Indeclinable (quotative/ending)
• Root: बालिति (इति-समाप्ति-निपातयुक्तम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary seer-tradition

Devata: Maruts (with ancillary rain/cooling power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

{"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_arc":"Surging uplift → cooling relief → sealed quiet certainty.","listener_experience":"Feels like a breeze after heat; reassurance that the fierce Maruts are allies.","intensity":5}