Mantra 16

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विश्वामित्र जमदग्ने वसिष्ठ भरद्वाज गोतम वामदेव । शर्दिर्नो अत्रिरग्रभीन्नमोभिः सुसंशासः पितरो मृडता नः

IAST Transliteration

viśvā́mitra jamádagne vásiṣṭha bháradvāja gótama vāmádeva | śárdir no átrir agrabhīn námobhiḥ súsamśāsaḥ pítaro mṛḍatá naḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Viśvāmitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Bharadvāja, Gotama, Vāmadeva: Atri hath grasped for us protection with reverences. O Fathers, well-ordained, be gracious unto us.

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्र: O Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्र: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक) < विश्व + मित्र

• जमदग्ने: O Jamadagni
• जमदग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: जमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) < जमद् + अग्नि

• वसिष्ठ: O Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठ: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• भरद्वाज: O Bharadvāja
• भरद्वाज: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• गौतम: O Gautama
• गौतम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)

• वामदेव: O Vāmadeva
• वामदेव: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: वामदेव (प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्दिः: protection; shelter
• शर्दिः: कर्तृ (of the verb ‘अग्रभीत्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्दि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for us / of us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अत्रिः: Atri
• अत्रिः: कर्तृ (agent)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: अत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्रभीत्: has seized; has taken hold (of)
• अग्रभीत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) < अङ्-उपसर्ग + ग्रह्

• नमोभिः: with salutations; with reverences
• नमोभिः: करण (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुसंशासः: well-instructing; giving good guidance
• सुसंशासः: विशेषण (of ‘पितरः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + सं-शास (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक ‘सुसंशास’)

• पितरः: Fathers; Ancestors
• पितरः: कर्तृ (of the imperative ‘मृडत’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृडत: be gracious; show mercy
• मृडत: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृड् (धातु)

• नः: us
• नः: कर्म (object of ‘मृडत’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Composite seer-litany within pitṛ-hymn tradition

Devata: Pitaraḥ; secondarily Ṛṣayaḥ as protectors

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (approx.; AV transmission may show minor irregularities)

Mantra Rasa

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