Mantra 3

Sukta 55

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इदावत्सराय परिवत्सराय संवत्सराय कृणुता बृहन्नमः । तेषां वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियानामपि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम

IAST Transliteration

idā́vatsarā́ya parivatsarā́ya saṃvatsarā́ya kṛṇutā bṛhán námaḥ | téṣāṃ vayáṃ sumatáu yajñíyānām ápi bhadré saumanasé syāma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To the This-year, to the Turning-year, to the Full-year make ye great reverence. In the good favor of those worship-worthy Powers may we abide—yea, in the auspicious, in goodwill may we be.

Word by Word

• इदावत्सराय: to/for this (present) year
• इदावत्सराय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: इदावत्सर (प्रातिपदिक; इदानीम्+वत्सर) अथवा इदावत्सर- (विशेषण)

• परिवत्सराय: to/for the following year
• परिवत्सराय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)

• संवत्सराय: to/for the full year (year-cycle)
• संवत्सराय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुत: make; perform
• कृणुत: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• बृहन्नमः: great homage; lofty reverence
• बृहन्नमः: कर्म
• Type: Noun phrase
• Root: बृहन्त् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेषाम्: of those (years)
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमतौ: in (their) good will/favor
• सुमतौ: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति (प्रातिपदिक; सु+मति)

• यज्ञियानाम्: of the worship-worthy (ones)
• यज्ञियानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: यज्ञिय (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘worthy of worship/sacrifice’)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भद्रे: in auspiciousness; in good fortune
• भद्रे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially/locatively)
• Root: भद्र (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• सौमनसे: in good disposition; in harmony
• सौमनसे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमनस (प्रातिपदिक; सु+मनस् → सौमनस ‘good-mindedness’)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (per Anukramaṇī for AV 6.55).

Devata: Saṃvatsara (Year) and its aspects (Idāvatsara, Parivatsara)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable; confirm by metrical count)

Mantra Rasa

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