Mantra 5
Sukta 24
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शतहस्त समाहर सहस्रहस्त सं किर । कृतस्य कार्यऽस्य चेह स्फातिं समावह
IAST Transliteration
śatá-hasta sam-ā́-hara sahásra-hasta sáṁ kira | kr̥tásya kāryàsya céha sphā́tiṁ sam-ā́-vaha ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O hundred-handed, gather in; O thousand-handed, heap together. Of what is won and what remains to do, bring hither increase, even here.
Word by Word
शतहस्त(O one) having a hundred hands
शतहस्त:
Kartā (आज्ञार्थकक्रियायाः कर्तृविशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootशत + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
समाहरgather, bring together
समाहर:
(मुख्यक्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√हृ (हरति) उपसर्गः सम्
सहस्रहस्त(O one) having a thousand hands
सहस्रहस्त:
Kartā (आज्ञार्थकक्रियायाः कर्तृविशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
संtogether, completely
सं:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
किरscatter, strew (together)
किर:
(मुख्यक्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√कॄ/किर् (किरति) उपसर्गः सम्
कृतस्यof what has been done / of the accomplished (work)
कृतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of what is done’
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ + क्त)
कार्यस्यof what is to be done / of the task
कार्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of what is to be done’
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ + ण्यत्)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरणम्) — ‘here’
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
स्फातिम्increase, prosperity, abundance
स्फातिम्:
Karma (समावह-क्रियायाः कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्फाति (प्रातिपदिक)
समावहbring in, convey together
समावह:
(मुख्यक्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वह (वहति) उपसर्गः सम् + आ
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (prosperity charm attribution)
Devata: Sphāti (Increase) / Annasaṁpatti (Abundance), personified
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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