Mantra 52
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अभि त्वोर्णोमि पृथिव्या मातुर्वस्त्रेण भद्रया । जीवेषु भद्रं तन्मयि स्वधा पितृषु सा त्वयि
IAST Transliteration
abhí tvā́ ūrṇomi pṛthivyā́ mātúr vástreṇa bhadráyā | jīvéṣu bhadráṃ tán máyī svadhā́ pitṛ́ṣu sā́ tváyi
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Over thee I wrap the kindly garment of Earth the Mother. Among the living be welfare—let that be in me; among the Fathers be svadhā—let that be in thee.
Word by Word
अभिtowards, over
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वाyou (acc. sg.)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
उर्णोमिI cover, I wrap
उर्णोमि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√उर्णु (उर्णोति/उर्णुते) ‘आच्छादने/वेष्टने’
पृथिव्याःof the Earth
पृथिव्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (स्त्री)
मातुःof the mother
मातुः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (स्त्री)
वस्त्रेणwith a cloth/garment
वस्त्रेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र (नपुंसक)
भद्रयाauspicious, благ (as: with an auspicious [cloth])
भद्रया:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र (विशेषण)
जीवेषुamong the living
जीवेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजीव (पुं) / जीव (प्रातिपदिक) ‘living being’
भद्रम्good, welfare, auspiciousness
भद्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभद्र (नपुंसक)
तत्that
तत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
मयिin me
मयि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
स्वधाsvadhā (oblation-formula for the Fathers)
स्वधा:
Kartā (नामवाक्ये) / संबोधनार्थ-प्रयोगः
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा (स्त्री; पितृ-यज्ञे आहुतिवाचकः शब्दः)
पितृषुamong the Fathers/ancestors
पितृषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (पुं)
साshe/that (fem.)
सा:
Kartā (नामवाक्ये) / अन्वयः ‘स्वधा’ इत्यस्य
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
त्वयिin you
त्वयि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
Attribution
Rishi: AV 18 funerary tradition (r̥ṣi per Anukramaṇī varies).
Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) and Pitaraḥ (by svadhā-allocation)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.
Mantra Rasa
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