Mantra 1

Sukta 40

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मेधा। यन्मे छिद्रं मनसो यच्च वाचः सरस्वती मन्युमन्तं जगाम । विश्वैस्तद् देवैः सह संविदानः सं दधातु बृहस्पतिः

IAST Transliteration

medhā́ | yán me chidrám mánaso yác ca vā́caḥ sárasvatī manyumántaṁ jagā́ma | víśvais tád deváiḥ sahá saṁvidānáḥ sáṁ dadhātu bṛ́haspátiḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Intelligence—what breach of mine, of mind, and what of speech, Sarasvatī hath carried off, borne away in passionate tumult: that, in accord with all the Gods together, let Bṛhaspati set back, and set in order.

Word by Word

• मेधा: intelligence; mental power
• मेधा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever; that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: to/for me; of me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• छिद्रम्: a flaw; a breach; a defect
• छिद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: छिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनसः: of the mind
• मनसः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: and whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वाचः: of speech
• वाचः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Deity)
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्युमन्तम्: wrathful; anger-possessing
• मन्युमन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्युमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जगाम: went; approached
• जगाम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• विश्वैः: with all
• विश्वैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that (fault/defect)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakāraka (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)

• संविदानः: being in agreement; having conferred
• संविदानः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle
• Root: सम्-विद् (धातु) → संविदान (कृदन्त)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दधातु: may (he) place/restore; may (he) set together
• दधातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Deity)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late AV strata; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Bṛhaspati (primary), with Sarasvatī and Viśve Devāḥ as supporting agencies

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late AV style; exact metrical scansion may vary)

Mantra Rasa

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