Mantra 1

Sukta 128

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

राजा शकधूमं नक्षत्राणि यद् राजानमकुर्वत । भद्राहमस्मै प्रायच्छन्निदं राष्ट्रमसादिति

IAST Transliteration

rājā śakadhū́maṃ nákṣatrāṇi yád rājā́nam ákurvata | bhadrā́ham asmai prā́yacchann idáṃ rāṣṭrám asā́d íti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When the Nakṣatras made the king—(even) Śakadhūma—Bhadrāham bestowed on him this realm: ‘So may this kingdom be.’

Word by Word

• राजा: the king
• राजा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शकधूमम्: (named) Śakadhūma (proper name)
• शकधूमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकधूम (प्रातिपदिक; शक + धूम)

• नक्षत्राणि: the stars/constellations
• नक्षत्राणि: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when/that
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (relative) / Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अकुर्वत: they made/appointed
• अकुर्वत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• भद्राहम्: I, being auspicious/fortunate
• भद्राहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective + Pronoun (compound)
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अहम् (सर्वनाम)

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम्/इदम्-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम (अस्मद्)

• प्रायच्छन्: gave
• प्रायच्छन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्/यच्छ् (धातु; ‘to give’)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• राष्ट्रम्: kingdom/realm
• राष्ट्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• असात्: may it be
• असात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• इति: thus
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in input)

Devata: Nakṣatras; Bhadrāham (auspiciousness personified); Rāṣṭra (realm) as object of bestowal

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (benedictive political charms often conform), pending syllable audit

Mantra Rasa

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