Mantra 5

Sukta 67

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पूषेम शरदः शतम्

IAST Transliteration

pūṣéma śarádaḥ śatám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May we prosper through a hundred autumns.

Word by Word

• पूषेम: O Pūṣan (the god Pūṣan)
• पूषेम: सम्प्रदान (देवता-सम्बोधन/आह्वान; addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (proper/deity name)
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शरदः: autumns; years
• शरदः: कर्म (object of the implied verb ‘to live/attain’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: विशेषण (quantifier of ‘शरदः’)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (formulaic series)

Devata: Puṣṭi (Nourishment/Prosperity) / Āyus (implicit)

Chandas: Short benedictive formula (refrain-like)

Mantra Rasa

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