Mantra 3

Sukta 74

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथादित्या वसुभिः संबभूवुर्मरुद्भिरुग्रा अहृणीयमानाः । एवा त्रिणामन्नहृणीयमान इमान् जनान्त्संमनसस्कृधीह

IAST Transliteration

yáthā́dityā́ vásubhiḥ saṃbabhūvúr marúdbhir ugrā́ áhṛṇīyamānāḥ | evá triṇā́m ánna áhṛṇīyamāna imā́n jánān sáṃmanasaḥ kṛdhīhá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As the Ādityas with the Vasus came into union, with the Maruts—strong, yet taking no offence—so, O Food, not giving offence, make these people here of one mind.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as / in the manner that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• आदित्याः: the Ādityas
• आदित्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुभिः: with the Vasus
• वसुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together / completely (prefix)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• बभूवुः: became / came to be
• बभूवुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• मरुद्भिः: with the Maruts
• मरुद्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्राः: fierce, mighty
• उग्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहृणीयमानाः: not being offended; not taking offence
• अहृणीयमानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: हृण्/हृणी (धातु) + अ (नञ्-प्रत्ययः) + यमान (शानच्)

• एव: thus / just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• त्रिणाम्: of the three
• त्रिणाम्: —
• Type: Numeral (Adjectival)
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्न: O food; nourishment
• अन्न: Sambodhyā (addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहृणीयमानः: not being offended
• अहृणीयमानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: हृण्/हृणी (धातु) + अ (नञ्) + यमान (शानच्)

• इमान्: these
• इमान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• जनान्: people
• जनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together / completely (prefix)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• मनसः: of mind
• मनसः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृधी: make; do
• कृधी: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (avyaya)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (general attribution within AV 6 concord hymns)

Devata: Anna (Food) and the exemplars Ādityas/Vasus/Maruts

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; mixed pāda-lengths in AV may occur, but the verse functions as an anuṣṭubh-style charm)

Mantra Rasa

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