Mantra 3

Sukta 39

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जीवला नाम ते माता जीवन्तो नाम ते पिता। नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत्। यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातरथो दिवा

IAST Transliteration

jīvalā́ nā́ma te mātā́ jīvánto nā́ma te pitā́ | nadyā́yāṃ púruṣo riṣat | yásmai paribrávīmi tvā sāyáṃprā́tar átho dívā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Jīvalā by name is thy mother; Jīvantá by name is thy father. At the river a man is injured; for whom I speak thee round about—at eve, at morn, and also by day.

Word by Word

• जीवला: (named) Jīvalā
• जीवला: Kartā (नाम-विशेषणरूपेण ‘माता’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: जीवल (प्रातिपदिक) < जीव् (धातु ‘जीव्’)

• नाम: by name / named
• नाम: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle used with names)
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘thy/your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• माता: mother
• माता: Kartā (नामवाक्ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीवन्तः: (named) Living-ones / Jīvantas
• जीवन्तः: Kartā (नाम-विशेषणरूपेण ‘पिता’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (used as name)
• Root: जीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

• नाम: by name / named
• नाम: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle used with names)
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Kartā (नामवाक्ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नद्यायम्: in the river
• नद्यायम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुषः: a man / person
• पुरुषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• रिषत्: is harmed / suffers injury
• रिषत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष् (धातु; ‘to harm, injure’)

• यस्मै: to whom
• यस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• परिब्रवीमि: I address / speak to (around, fully)
• परिब्रवीमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + ब्रू (धातु ‘ब्रू’)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikaraṇa (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikaraṇa (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also / moreover
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात; समुच्चय/अन्वादेश)

• दिवा: by day / in daytime
• दिवा: Adhikaraṇa (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic transmission (to be confirmed via anukramaṇī).

Devata: Kuṣṭha (oṣadhi-devatā).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (to be verified).

Mantra Rasa

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