Mantra 5

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये उस्रिया बिभृथो ये वनस्पतीन् ययोर्वां विश्वा भुवनान्यन्तः । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतमंहसः

IAST Transliteration

yé usríyā bibhṛ́thaḥ yé vanaspátīn yáyor vā́ṃ víśvā bhúvanāny antáḥ | dyā́vāpṛthivī́ bhavatam me syóne té no muñcatám áṃhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye who bear the ruddy kine, ye who bear the forest-lords; within you twain are all existences contained. O Heaven and Earth, be to me a kindly refuge: from anguish and sin do ye release us.

Word by Word

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

• उस्रियाः: cows (milch-cows)
• उस्रियाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उस्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)

• बिभृथः: you two bear/support
• बिभृथः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

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

• वनस्पतीन्: plants/trees (lords of the forest)
• वनस्पतीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ययोः: of whom (of which two)
• ययोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम) → वाम्

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• भुवनानि: worlds/creatures/realms
• भुवनानि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तः: within
• अन्तः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय/निपात)

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven-and-Earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual compound) / Proper pair
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (समासः: द्यावा + पृथिवी)

• भवतम्: be (you two become)
• भवतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवने)

• मे: for me / to me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) → मे

• स्योने: O kindly/benign (pair)
• स्योने: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्योन (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: those two (you two)
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) → ते

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) → नः

• मुञ्चतम्: release/free (you two)
• मुञ्चतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मोचने)

• अंहसः: from distress/sin/evil
• अंहसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous)

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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