Mantra 1

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

संप्रोक्षणम्। पृथिव्यै श्रोत्राय वनस्पतिभ्योऽग्नयेऽधिपतये स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

sámprokṣaṇam | pṛthivyái śrótrāya vánaspatíbhyo ’gnáye ’dhipátaye svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For the sprinkling: to Earth, to Hearing, to the Lords of Plants; to Agni the Overlord—svāhā.

Word by Word

• संप्रोक्षणम्: sprinkling (of water), consecratory aspersion
• संप्रोक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-प्रोक्षण (प्रोक्षण) < √उक्ष् (उक्षति) / √क्षिप्? (परम्परया: ‘प्रोक्षण’ = जल-छिड़काव) — प्रातिपदिक ‘प्रोक्षण’

• पृथिव्यै: to/for the Earth
• पृथिव्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोत्राय: to/for the ear (hearing)
• श्रोत्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वनस्पतिभ्यः: to/for the वनस्पतिस (plants/trees; medicinal herbs)
• वनस्पतिभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नये: to/for Agni
• अग्नये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधिपतये: to/for the overlord, presiding lord
• अधिपतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (ritual exclamation for offering)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार; यज्ञीय-आह्वान)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic ritual tradition (formulaic prose-heading + mantra)

Devata: Pṛthivī; Śrotra (personified); Vanaspati; Agni (Adhipati)

Chandas: Yajus-like formula (not a regular metrical ṛc; liturgical prose/mantra style)

Mantra Rasa

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