Mantra 2

Sukta 60

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्वोरोजो जङ्घयोर्जवः पादयोः । प्रतिष्ठा अरिष्टानि मे सर्वात्मानिभृष्टः

IAST Transliteration

ūrvór ójo jaṅgháyor javáḥ pā́dayoḥ | pratiṣṭhā́ áriṣṭāni me sárvātmā́ni abhṛ́ṣṭaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In my thighs be vigour; in my shanks be speed; in my feet be firm establishment. Unharmed be my sound conditions; unstricken be my whole self.

Word by Word

• ऊर्वोः: of the two thighs
• ऊर्वोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओजः: strength, vigor
• ओजः: कर्तृ/कर्म (सन्दर्भानुसार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जङ्घयोः: of the two shanks/legs
• जङ्घयोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्घा- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जवः: speed, swiftness
• जवः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (सन्दर्भानुसार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पादयोः: of the two feet
• पादयोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद- (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिष्ठा: firm standing, support
• प्रतिष्ठा: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (सन्दर्भानुसार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा- (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)

• अरिष्टानि: unharmed things; safe/undamaged (states)
• अरिष्टानि: कर्म/विशेष्य (सन्दर्भानुसार)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अरिष्ट- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: my, of me
• मे: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वात्मानि: all vital selves/whole being (all parts of the self)
• सर्वात्मानि: कर्म/अधिकरण (सन्दर्भानुसार)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सर्व- + आत्मन्- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• भृष्टः: fallen off, slipped, dislodged
• भृष्टः: कर्तृ (यदि ‘अहम्’ अध्याहृतः) / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: भ्रंश्/भ्रश् (धातु) → भृष्ट (कृदन्त, भूतकृत्/क्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book; specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Ojas/Java/Pratiṣṭhā as functional powers (abstract deities of strength and stability)

Chandas: Mixed/late Atharvanic; approximates Anuṣṭubh cadence

Mantra Rasa

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