Mantra 2

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मम त्वा दोषणिश्रिषं कृणोमि हृदयश्रिषम्। यथा मम क्रतावसो मम चित्तमुपायसि

IAST Transliteration

máma tvā doṣaṇi-śríṣaṁ kṛṇómi hṛdaya-śríṣam | yáthā máma kratāváso máma cittám upā́yasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I make thee arm-attached, I make thee heart-attached; that, O helper of my purpose, thou mayest come unto my mind—unto me.

Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• दोषणि-श्रिषम्: clinging/attached to the arm (i.e., bound to the arm)
• दोषणि-श्रिषम्: कर्म (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: दोषणि (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रिष (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोमि: I make / I render
• कृणोमि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)

• हृदय-श्रिषम्: clinging/attached to the heart
• हृदय-श्रिषम्: कर्म (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रिष (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: so that / in such a way that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• मम: of me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• क्रतौ: in (my) resolve / will / intention
• क्रतौ: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसो: O good one / O dear one (lit. ‘O Vasu’)
• वसो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative used as address)
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मम: of me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• चित्तम्: mind / intention
• चित्तम्: कर्म (उपायसि का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक; √चित्/चिन्त् से ‘thought, mind’)

• उपायसि: you come to / you approach / you enter
• उपायसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-या (√या गतौ) / उपेय (प्रयोगः: ‘to come/approach to’)

Attribution

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

Devata: Saṁvanana/vaśīkaraṇa (the charm’s coercive ‘binding’ power; effectively the addressed person as object of the rite)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for AV domestic charms)

Mantra Rasa

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