Mantra 4

Sukta 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्यौष्ट्वा पिता पृथिवी माता जरामृत्युं कृणुतां संविदाने। यथा जीवा अदितेरुपस्थे प्राणापानाभ्यां गुपितः शतं हिमाः

IAST Transliteration

dyáuṣ tvā́ pitā́ pṛthivī́ mātā́ jarā́mṛ́tyuṁ kṛṇutāṁ saṁvidāné | yáthā jī́vā áditer upásthe prāṇāpānā́bhyāṁ gupitáḥ śatáṁ himā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Heaven, thy Father, and Earth, thy Mother, in concord let them make old age and death to be afar from thee; so mayest thou, living, in Aditi’s lap, guarded by in-breath and out-breath, attain a hundred winters.

Word by Word

• द्यौः: Heaven (Sky)
• द्यौः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक) / दिव् (धातु: द्युतौ) आधार

• त्वा: you (acc. sg.)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिता: father
• पिता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवी: Earth
• पृथिवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• माता: mother
• माता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• जरामृत्युम्: old age and death
• जरामृत्युम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा-मृत्यु (समास-प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व/समाहारार्थ) आधार

• कृणुताम्: let the two make / remove / effect
• कृणुताम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• संविदाने: being in agreement, acting with mutual consent
• संविदाने: अधिकरण (भावे: ‘in mutual agreement’) / कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम्-विद् (धातु) → संविदान (कृदन्त)

• यथा: so that / just as
• यथा: (सम्बन्ध/उपमान-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• जीवाः: living beings
• जीवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदितेः: of Aditi
• अदितेः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपस्थे: in the lap/bosom
• उपस्थे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणापानाभ्याम्: by inhalation and exhalation (vital breaths)
• प्राणापानाभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण-अपान (समास-प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व)

• गुपितः: protected, guarded
• गुपितः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (जीवः/जीवात्मा implied) / कर्मणि-भाव
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: गुप् (धातु: रक्षणे) → गुपित (कृदन्त)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: कर्म (काल-परिमाण)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिमाः: winters; years
• हिमाः: कर्तृ/काल-निर्देश (परिमाण-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winter’ → ‘year’ as season-cycle)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Āyuṣya-prayoga; specific ṛṣi attribution varies in ancillary indices for AV 2.28).

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (Heaven-and-Earth), with Aditi and the vital airs (Prāṇa/Apāna) as operative powers.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence typical of such expansive petitions; to be confirmed against pada syllable-count in your metrical parser).

Mantra Rasa

{"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_arc":"From cosmic invocation to serene blessing of long, guarded life.","listener_experience":"Spacious calm; groundedness; gentle awe at being held by Heaven and Earth.","intensity":3}