Mantra 9

Sukta 131

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वनिष्ठा नाव गृह्यन्ति

IAST Transliteration

vaniṣṭhā́ nā́va gṛhyánti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Most winning, like a ship, they take hold (and bear).

Word by Word

• वनि॑ष्ठाः: the forest-dwellers / men of the woods
• वनि॑ष्ठाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनि॑ष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वनिष्ठ’)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• अव: down/away (as a preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गृ॒ह्यन्ति॑: they seize / they take hold (of)
• गृ॒ह्यन्ति॑: क्रिया (कर्तृ-सापेक्षा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (ग्रहँ—आदाने) + य (passive/ātmanepada present formation)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain in isolation.

Devata: Auspicious ‘winning’ powers; possibly the janī/household fortune as functional devatā.

Chandas: Uncertain from single pāda.

Mantra Rasa

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