Mantra 3

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सहस्रधार एव ते समस्वरन् दिवो नाके मधुजिह्वा असश्चतः । तस्य स्पशो न नि मिषन्ति भूर्णयः पदेपदे पाशिनः सन्ति सेतवे

IAST Transliteration

sahásradhāra evá te sám asvaran divó nā́ke mádhujihvā asáścataḥ | tásya spáśo ná ní míṣanti bhū́rṇayaḥ padépadé pā́śinaḥ santi sétave

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thousand-streamed, verily, for thee they have sounded forth together in the heavenly vault—honey-tongued, unfailing. Of him the watchers wink not at all: the whirling guardians, noose-bearing, stand at every step to guard the passage.

Word by Word

• सहस्रधारः: thousand-streamed / having a thousand flows
• सहस्रधारः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-धार (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• समस्वरन्: they sounded together / resounded
• समस्वरन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वर् (धातु; ‘to sound’) + सम्

• दिवः: of heaven / from the sky
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाके: in the heavenly vault / in heaven
• नाके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुजिह्वाः: honey-tongued / having sweet tongues
• मधुजिह्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु-जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• असश्चतः: not adhering, unattached
• असश्चतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सच् (धातु; ‘to follow/attach’) + अ- (नञ्) → असश्चत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्य: of that (one) / his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्पशः: spies, watchers
• स्पशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• नि: down, in (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मिषन्ति: they blink
• मिषन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मिष् (धातु; ‘to wink/blink’)

• भूर्णयः: the swift/whirling ones (attendants)
• भूर्णयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूर्णि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पदेपदे: at every step
• पदेपदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक) — पदे पदे (अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)

• पाशिनः: noose-bearing
• पाशिनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a noose’)

• सन्ति: they are
• सन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु; ‘to be’)

• सेतवे: for the bridge/causeway (as a passage/means)
• सेतवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgiras-type attribution (hymn-level tradition; verse-specific r̥ṣi not isolated here).

Devata: Protective guardians (spáśaḥ), noose-bearers; broadly the apotropaic divine retinue.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence typical of this style)

Mantra Rasa

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