Mantra 5

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ मे महच्छतभिषग् वरीय आ मे द्वया प्रोष्ठपदा सुशर्म । आ रेवती चाश्वयुजौ भगं म आ मे रयिं भरण्य आ वहन्तु

IAST Transliteration

ā́ me mahác chatábhiṣag várīya ā́ me dváyā proṣṭhápadā suśárma | ā́ revátī cāśvayújau bhágaṃ ma ā́ me rayíṃ bháraṇya ā́ vahantu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither to me (come) great Śatabhiṣaj, with boon the better; hither to me the two Proṣṭhapadās, a kindly shelter. Hither Revatī, and the Aśvayuj pair—good fortune for me; and Bharaṇī, let her bring hither to me wealth.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards (invocation)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• मे: for me; my
• मे: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for me)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (as desired thing) / qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतभिषक्: Śatabhiṣaj (the ‘Hundred-healer’ asterism/deity)
• शतभिषक्: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शत-भिषज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a hundred healers/medicines’)

• वरीयः: better; more excellent
• वरीयः: Karma (as desired boon) / qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिन्/वर (comparative stem वरीयस्)

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• मे: for me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• द्वया: the two
• द्वया: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रोष्ठपदा: (the two) Proṣṭhapadā asterisms/deities
• प्रोष्ठपदा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रोष्ठपदा (नक्षत्र-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)

• सुशर्म: good protection; good shelter
• सुशर्म: Karma (thing sought) / qualifier
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सु-शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• रेवती: Revatī (asterism/deity)
• रेवती: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (नक्षत्र-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अश्वयुजौ: the two Aśvayuj (Aśvinī) asterisms/deities
• अश्वयुजौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वयुज् (नक्षत्र-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)

• भगम्: fortune; prosperity
• भगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: for me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• आ: hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• मे: for me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• रयिम्: wealth; riches
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• भरण्यः: the Bharaṇī (asterisms/deities)
• भरण्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरणी (नक्षत्र-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• वहन्तु: let them bring; may they convey
• वहन्तु: — (finite verb; governs Kartā=preceding deities, Karma=wealth/fortune)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (nakṣatra corpus)

Devata: Nakṣatras and Bhaga (fortune)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (late Atharvanic)

Mantra Rasa

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