Mantra 12

Sukta 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ त्वा चृतत्वर्यमा पूषा बृहस्पतिः । अहर्जातस्य यन्नाम तेन त्वाति चृतामसि

IAST Transliteration

ā́ tvā cṛtatvari yamā́ pū́ṣā bṛ́haspátiḥ | áharjātasya yán nā́ma téna tvā́ti cṛtāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither to thee, O swift-succor, (come) Yama, Pūṣan, and Bṛhaspati. By that Name which belongeth to the day-born, thereby do we speed thee safely over (all peril).

Word by Word

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (asmad/yusmad-pronoun stem)

• चृतत्वरि: O ‘swift-moving/quick-acting’ one (epithet)
• चृतत्वरि: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: चृतत्वरि (prātipadika; Vedic epithet)

• यमा: Yama
• यमा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: यम (prātipadika)

• पूषा: Pūṣan
• पूषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: पूषन् (prātipadika)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: बृहस्पति (prātipadika)

• अहर्जातस्य: of the day-born/newly born
• अहर्जातस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अहर्जात (kṛdanta/prātipadika: अहन् + जात ‘born in a day/that day-born’)

• यत्: which, whatever
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (relative) / Karma (with ‘नाम’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (of implied ‘to call/name’) / predicate noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (prātipadika)

• तेन: with that, by that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (demonstrative pronoun)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अति: over, beyond, exceedingly
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (upasarga/avyaya)

• चृतामसि: we cause to hasten / we speed (you) onward
• चृतामसि: Kartā (implicit ‘we’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चृत्/चृ (dhātu; Vedic ‘to move/act swiftly, to hasten’; with preverb अति-)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.

Devata: Yama, Pūṣan, Bṛhaspati (protective coalition).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approximate).

Mantra Rasa

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