Mantra 9

Sukta 136

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

महानग्न्युप ब्रूते स्वसावेशितं पसः । इत्थं फलस्य वृक्षस्य शूर्पे शूर्पं भजेमहि

IAST Transliteration

mahā́nagnī́ úpa brūte svasā́ āveśítaṃ pásāḥ | ittháṃ phálasya vṛ́kṣasya śū́rpe śū́rpaṃ bhajémahi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mahānagnī, drawing near, pronounceth: ‘A sister—into the grain-mass entered (the power). Thus of the fruit of the tree, upon the winnowing-fan, may we take fan upon fan for our portion.’

Word by Word

• महानग्नि: the great fire (as subject)
• महानग्नि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानग्नि (प्रातिपदिक; महा- + नग्नि/अग्नि)

• उप: near, towards; (as verbal prefix)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग)

• ब्रूते: speaks, says
• ब्रूते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• स्वसा: the sister
• स्वसा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वसृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आवेशितम्: entered/possessed, infused
• आवेशितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-विश् (धातु) → आवेशित (कृदन्त)

• पसः: a noose/bond; snare
• पसः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पस (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्थम्: thus, in this manner
• इत्थम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)

• फलस्य: of the fruit
• फलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्षस्य: of the tree
• वृक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• शूर्पे: in/on the winnowing-basket
• शूर्पे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• शूर्पम्: (another) winnowing-basket
• शूर्पम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• भजेमहि: may we partake/share/obtain
• भजेमहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain

Devata: Prosperity through Vanaspati/produce; implement-power (śūrpa) as ritual focus

Chandas: Not securely determinable

Mantra Rasa

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