Mantra 7
Sukta 24
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उपोहश्च समूहश्च क्षत्तारौ ते प्रजापते । ताविहा वहतां स्फातिं बहुं भूमानमक्षितम्
IAST Transliteration
upoháś ca samūháś ca kṣattā́rau te prajā́pate | tā́vihā́ vahatāṁ sphā́tiṁ bahúṁ bhū́mānam ákṣitam ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Upoh and Samūh are thy two stewards, O Prajāpati: let them bring hither increase—much, full, undwindling.
Word by Word
उपोहःthe ‘remover/repeller’ (one who wards off)
उपोहः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउपोह (प्रातिपदिक; उप-√ऊह/ऊह् ‘उहना/विचार/अपोहन’ से निष्पन्न भाव/कर्तृ-नाम)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
समूहःthe ‘gatherer/assembler’; collection
समूहः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसमूह (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
क्षत्तारौtwo attendants/servitors
क्षत्तारौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘क्षत्ता’ = परिचर/द्वारपाल/सेवक)
तेof you/your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रजापतेO Prajāpati
प्रजापते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
तौthose two
तौ:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
आhither; (intensifier with verb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / particle
Rootआ
वहताम्let them bring/carry
वहताम्:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति)
स्फातिम्increase, prosperity
स्फातिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्फाति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
बहुम्much, abundant
बहुम्:
Karma (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
भूमानम्fullness, abundance
भूमानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूमान् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘भूमा’ = महान् विस्तार/समृद्धि)
अक्षितम्undiminishing, imperishable
अक्षितम्:
Karma (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-क्षित (√क्षि ‘क्षय’ से; न-क्षयमान)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Prajāpati; subsidiary personifications: Upoh and Samūh; goal-deity: Sphāti
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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