Mantra 3
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यथेमे द्यावापृथिवी सद्यः पर्येति सूर्यः । एवा पर्येमि ते मनो यथा मां कामिन्यसो यथा मन्नापगा असः
IAST Transliteration
yáthéme dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ sadyáḥ páryeti sū́ryaḥ | evā́ páryemi te máno yáthā mā́ṁ kāmínyaso yáthā mánnāpagā́ ásaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
As the Sun forthwith goes round these Heaven and Earth, so do I encompass thy mind—so that the longing maidens may be mine, so that they be not gone away from me.
Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya)
इमेthese
इमे:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
द्यावापृथिवीheaven-and-earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
Kartā
TypeNoun (dual compound)
Rootद्यावापृथिवी (समासः: द्यौः + पृथिवी)
सद्यःimmediately
सद्यः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (avyaya)
पर्येतिgoes around, encompasses
पर्येति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) + परि- (उपसर्ग)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
एवso, just so
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (avyaya)
पर्येमिI go around, I encompass
पर्येमि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) + परि- (उपसर्ग)
तेof you / to you
ते:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाso that / just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
कामिन्यसःdesirous ones, lovers
कामिन्यसः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun (desiderous, lover)
Rootकामिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + यस्-प्रत्यय (विशेषण-निर्माण); पदरूपम्: कामिन्यस्-
यथाas
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya)
मत्from me
मत्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (avyaya)
अपगाः(you) go away
अपगाः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअप-गम् (धातु) (उपसर्ग अप + गम्)
असः(textually uncertain: possibly ‘you are’ / ‘that one’)
असः:
—
TypeVerb/Pronoun (uncertain)
Rootअस् (धातु) / अथवा ‘असौ’ (sarvanāma) वैदिक-रूप; सन्दिग्ध-पाठ
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Sūrya (as model of inevitable circuit) / Kāma as operative aim
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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