Mantra 2

Sukta 69

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उपजीवा स्थोप जीव्यासं सर्वमायुर्जीव्यासम्

IAST Transliteration

upajīvā́ sthá upá jīvyā́saṃ sárvam ā́yur jīvyā́sam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Be ye my life-sustainers; may I live on in support: may I live out the whole of life.

Word by Word

• उपजीवाः: dependents; those who live by (someone/something)
• उपजीवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप-√जीव (जीव्) / उपजीव (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थ: be (you all)!
• स्थ: कर्तृ (आदेशः) / विधेयक्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (√अस्)

• उप: near; towards; in addition (prefixal sense)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• जीव्यासम्: may I live
• जीव्यासम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव (जीव्)

• सर्वम्: all; the whole (of it)
• सर्वम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life; lifespan
• आयुः: कर्म (जीव्यासम् इत्यस्य) / विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीव्यासम्: may I live
• जीव्यासम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव (जीव्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book; r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Āyus / Jīva (personified Life; sustaining powers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late Atharvanic prose-verse tendency)

Mantra Rasa

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