Mantra 2

Sukta 82

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येन सूर्यां सावित्रीमश्विनोहतुः पथा। तेन मामब्रवीद् भगो जायामा वहतादिति

IAST Transliteration

yéna sū́ryāṃ sāvitrī́m aśvínau áhatūḥ pathā́ | téna mā́m abravīd bhágo jāyā́m ā́ vahatā́d íti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By that same way whereby the Aśvins brought Sūryā, the Sāvitrī, along the path—by that let Bhaga speak unto me: ‘Let a wife be brought hither.’

Word by Word

• येन: by which; with which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्याम्: Sūryā (the maiden/bride named Sūryā)
• सूर्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• सावित्रीम्: Sāvitrī
• सावित्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विनौ: the two Aśvins
• अश्विनौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहतुः: they struck/overcame; they removed
• अहतुः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हन्ति)

• पथा: by the path; by way
• पथा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: by that; with that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रवीत्: said; spoke
• अब्रवीत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (ब्रवीति)

• भगः: Bhaga (the deity Bhaga)
• भगः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• जायाम्: a wife; bride
• जायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाया (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; hither (prefix)
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वहत: carry; convey; bring
• वहत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति)

• इति: thus; ‘so’
• इति: (वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous in AV domestic charms; associated with marriage-charm corpus)

Devata: Aśvins; Bhaga (as bestower of marital fortune)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV 6th kāṇḍa domestic verses commonly in anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

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