Mantra 2

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्त्वा पिबति जीवति त्रायसे पुरुषं त्वम्। भर्त्री हि शश्वतामसि जनानां च न्यञ्चनी

IAST Transliteration

yás tvā́ píbati jī́vati trā́yase púruṣaṃ tvám | bhartṛ́ hि śáśvatām ási jánānāṃ ca nyàñcanī́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso drinketh thee, he liveth: thou savest the man. For thou art the constant sustainer of the peoples, and a repeller that turneth (evil) downward.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / य-

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिबति: drinks
• पिबति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति) धातु

• जीवति: lives
• जीवति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् धातु

• त्रायसे: you protect
• त्रायसे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा धातु

• पुरुषम्: a man; person
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भर्त्री: protectress; supporter
• भर्त्री: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• शश्वताम्: of the perpetual/everlasting (ones)
• शश्वताम्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शश्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् धातु

• जनानाम्: of people
• जनानाम्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• न्यञ्चनी: the one who turns/presses down; restrainer (fem.)
• न्यञ्चनी: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: न्यञ्चनी (प्रातिपदिक; न्-उपसर्ग + अञ्च् ‘to bend/turn’ से व्युत्पन्न, ‘downward-turning/bringing down’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this cluster)

Devata: The operative remedy/protective power (often treated as a personified ‘Niskṛti/Arundhatī’-type agent within the hymn sequence)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed against pada-count in the school’s metrical index)

Mantra Rasa

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