Mantra 4

Sukta 131

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शतं वा भारती शवः

IAST Transliteration

śatáṃ vā bhā́ratī śávaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A hundredfold, indeed, is Bhāratī’s strength.

Word by Word

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (परिमाण/संख्या-विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Noun (संख्यावाचक)
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• भारती: Bhāratī (a goddess; personified sacred speech)
• भारती: Kartā (स्तुत्य/आह्वेय-देवता)
• Type: Noun (Proper/Deity name)
• Root: भारती (प्रातिपदिक; देवीनाम/वाचः नाम)

• शवः: strength, might, power
• शवः: Karma (स्तुत्य/प्रार्थ्य वस्तु; ‘might/strength’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Khila/Anukramaṇī tradition (uncertain without collation)

Devata: Bhāratī

Chandas: Uncertain (requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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