Mantra 3

Sukta 55

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सायंसायं गृहपतिर्नो अग्निः प्रातःप्रातः सौमनसस्य दाता। वसोर्वसोर्वसुदान एधि वयं त्वेन्धानास्तन्वं पुषेम

IAST Transliteration

sāyáṃ-sāyaṃ gṛhápatir no agníḥ prātáḥ-prātaḥ saumanásasya dātā́ | vásor-vásor vasudā́na edhi vayáṃ tvéndhānās tanvàṃ púṣema ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Evening by evening may Agni, our Lord of the house, be for us; morning by morning the Giver of good accord. O giver of wealth upon wealth, wax thou in bounty: we, kindling thee, would foster our own frame.

Word by Word

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < साय (सायाह्न) कालवाचक

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

• गृहपतिः: the house-lord (household master)
• गृहपतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहपति (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• सौमनस्यस्य: of good will / of cheerfulness
• सौमनस्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमनस्य (प्रातिपदिक) < सु-मनस् (भाव)

• दाता: giver
• दाता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दा (धातु) → दातृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, तृच्)

• वसोः: of wealth
• वसोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसोः: of wealth
• वसोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुदानः: wealth-giving
• वसुदानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसुदान (प्रातिपदिक) = वसु + दान (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)

• एधि: be (kindled), thrive
• एधि: (आह्वान) कर्तृ-प्रवृत्तिनिमित्तम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: इध् (धातु) ‘वर्धने/दीप्तौ’

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वे: in you
• त्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्धानाः: kindling (you), being kindled
• इन्धानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: इन्ध् (धातु) ‘दीप्तौ’ → इन्धान (शानच्, आत्मनेपद-वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• तन्वम्: body, person
• तन्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुषेम: may we nourish / may we thrive
• पुषेम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुष् (धातु) ‘पोषणे’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic tradition (late AV book 19 compilation; specific ṛṣi not securely fixed in this excerpt)

Devata: Agni Gṛhapati (domestic fire as lord of the house)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant domestic meter; this verse is anuṣṭubh-like in cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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