Mantra 2

Sukta 88

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धुनेतयः सुप्रकेतं मदन्तो बृहस्पते अभि ये नस्ततस्रे। पृषन्तं सृप्रमदब्धमूर्वं बृहस्पते रक्षतादस्य योनिम्

IAST Transliteration

dhunétayaḥ supraketáṃ mádanto bृहáspate abhí yé nas tatasré | pṛ́ṣantaṃ sṛprám adabdhám ūrváṃ bृहáspate rákṣatād asyá yónim ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Shakers, exulting, of good guidance—O Br̥haspati—who have pressed on against us: the speckled, the stout, the unassailable strength—O Br̥haspati—do thou guard us from his very seat of birth.

Word by Word

• धुनेतयः: shakers, agitators (those who shake/rouse)
• धुनेतयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धुनेत (प्रातिपदिक; धुन्-धातु से निष्पन्न) / धुन्

• सुप्रकेतम्: the well-renowned/clear-sighted one
• सुप्रकेतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्रकेत (प्रातिपदिक: सु- + प्रकेत) / प्रकेत

• मदन्तः: rejoicing, exulting
• मदन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद्

• बृहस्पते: O Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ततस्रे: has rushed/has pressed forward
• ततस्रे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तस्र् (तस्रँ/तस्र् ‘to hasten/press on’)

• पृषन्तम्: the speckled one (dappled)
• पृषन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पृषन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• सृप्रम्: strong/firm (lit. ‘sṛpra’—robust)
• सृप्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदब्धम्: unharmed, unconquered
• अदब्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदब्ध (प्रातिपदिक: अ- + दब्ध ‘deceived/overpowered’) / दम्भ्

• ऊर्वम्: the thigh; (by extension) the strong limb/support
• ऊर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहस्पते: O Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षतात्: may (he) protect
• रक्षतात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्

• अस्य: of this / of him
• अस्य: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• योनिम्: womb; source; resting-place
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Bṛhaspati/Angiras-tradition (RV-derived; AV 20 is largely Rigvedic material)

Devata: Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (Rigvedic style)

Mantra Rasa

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