Mantra 5
Sukta 52
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यत् काम कामयमाना इदं कृण्मसि ते हविः । तन्नः सर्वं समृध्यतामथैतस्य हविषो वीहि स्वाहा
IAST Transliteration
yát kā́ma kāmayamānā́ idáṃ kṛṇmási te havíḥ | tán naḥ sárvaṃ samṛ́dhyatām áthaítasya havíṣo vī́hi svā́hā ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
What, O Kāma, we—desiring—prepare for thee as oblation, may that for us in all things prosper and be fulfilled. Then of this offering do thou partake: Svāhā!
Word by Word
यत्since/that (insofar as)
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यत् (सम्बन्ध-अव्यय)
कामO Desire / O Kāma
काम:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
कामयमानाःdesiring, wishing
कामयमानाः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participial adjective)
Root√कम् (कामयते) → कामयमान (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय, वर्तमानकाले)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कृण्मसिwe make/do
कृण्मसि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करोति) — वैदिक-रूप: कृण्मसि
तेfor you / to you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हविःoblation
हविः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all, entire
सर्वम्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
समृद्ध्यताम्may it prosper / be fulfilled
समृद्ध्यताम्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√ऋध् (समृद्ध्यति) / समृद्ध्यते
अथthen, and now
अथ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
एतस्यof this
एतस्य:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हविषःof the oblation
हविषः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootहविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वीहिaccept/enjoy (partake)
वीहि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वी (वेति/वयति) — वैदिक आज्ञार्थ: वीहि
स्वाहाsvāhā (ritual exclamation)
स्वाहा:
Karaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic (Kāma complex).
Devata: Kāma.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).
Mantra Rasa
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