Mantra 2

Sukta 42

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्रह्म स्रुचो घृतवतीर्ब्रह्मणा वेदिरुद्धिता । ब्रह्म यज्ञस्य तत्त्वं च ऋत्विजो ये हविष्कृतः । शमिताय स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

bráhma srúco ghr̥távatīr bráhmaṇā́ védir úddhitā | bráhma yajñásya táttvaṃ ca r̥tvíjo yé haviṣkr̥táḥ | śamitā́ya svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Brahman are the ghee-filled ladles; by brahman is the altar set up. Brahman is the sacrifice’s very truth, and the priests who fashion the oblation. To the Śamitar—svāhā!

Word by Word

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; sacred power/holy formula
• ब्रह्म: Kartā (वाक्ये स्तुत्य/विधेय-रूपेण) / Karma (सन्दर्भानुसार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्रुचः: ladles (sacrificial spoons)
• स्रुचः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रुच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• घृतवतीः: filled with ghee
• घृतवतीः: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृतवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: by/with Brahman (sacred power)
• ब्रह्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वेदीः: the altar
• वेदीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्धिता: raised; set up
• उद्धिता: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Verb (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: उद्-धा (धातु √धा) → उद्धित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; sacred power
• ब्रह्म: Kartā (विधेय-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्त्वम्: the true essence/principle
• तत्त्वम्: Kartā (विधेय-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• ऋत्विजः: the officiating priests
• ऋत्विजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā (ऋत्विजः इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हविष्कृतः: those who have prepared/offered the oblation
• हविष्कृतः: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (PPP used substantively)
• Root: हविस् + √कृ (कृदन्त: कृत) → हविष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• शमिताय: to the śamitā (the restrainer/immolator; ritual functionary)
• शमिताय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शमितृ/शमिता (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञकर्मणि ‘शमिता’ = यज्ञपशोः शमयिता/संयमिता)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (offering-call)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable (exclamation/formula)
• Root: स्वाहा

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not explicit here)

Devata: Brahman / Yajña; closing addressed to Śamitar-function (ritual personification)

Chandas: Late Atharvanic; svāhā-tag suggests prose-like liturgical cadence (meter uncertain)

Mantra Rasa

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