Mantra 2
Sukta 136
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
दृंह प्रत्नान् जनयाजातान् जातानु वर्षीयसस्कृधि
IAST Transliteration
dṛ́ṃha pratnā́n janaya ajātā́n jātā́n ánu varṣī́yasaḥ kṛdhi ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Make firm the old; beget the yet-unborn; and those already born make, in due course, more lasting and more abundant.
Word by Word
दृंहstrengthen; make firm
दृंह:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृंह् (धातु) / दृंह (आज्ञार्थ-रूप)
प्रत्नान्the ancient/old (ones)
प्रत्नान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
जनयgenerate; bring forth; cause to be born
जनय:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) → जनय (णिच्-आज्ञार्थ-रूप)
अजातान्the unborn (ones)
अजातान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअजात (प्रातिपदिक) = अ- + जात (PPP of √जन्)
जातानुthe born (ones), following/along
जातानु:
कर्म (जातान्); (अनु = क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeCompound/sequence (Kṛdanta + Indeclinable)
Rootजात (PPP of √जन्) + अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वर्षीयसःthe older/greater (ones)
वर्षीयसः:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (comparative)
Rootवर्षीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; comparative of वृध्/वृद्ध-भाव ‘older/greater’)
कृधिmake; do
कृधि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृधि (आज्ञार्थ-रूप)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic (unspecified in input)
Devata: Oṣadhi (herb-power) as agent of dṛṃhaṇa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (short imperative sequence; probable)
Mantra Rasa
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