Mantra 1

Sukta 87

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

राज्ञः संवरणम्। आ त्वाहार्षमन्तरभूर्ध्रुवस्तिष्ठाविचाचलत्। विशस्त्वा सर्वा वाञ्छन्तु मा त्वद् राष्ट्रमधि भ्रशत्

IAST Transliteration

rājñaḥ saṃváraṇam | ā́ tvāhārṣam antár abhūr dhruvás tiṣṭhā́vicācalat | víśas tvā sárvā vāñchantu mā́ tvád rāṣṭrám ádhi bhraśat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A fencing-in for the King. Hither have I brought thee; within thou hast entered. Stand thou firm, unshaken. Let all the peoples long for thee; let not the kingdom slip away from thee.

Word by Word

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• संवरणम्: enclosure; protective covering
• संवरणम्: कर्म (object; ‘enclosure/covering’ as what is effected/used)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवरण (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ ‘to cover/choose’ with सं-)

• आ: hither; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अहार्षम्: I brought / I have brought
• अहार्षम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (हरति) with आ-; aorist stem

• अन्तर्: within; inside
• अन्तर्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तर् (अव्यय/उपपद)

• अभूः: you became
• अभूः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• ध्रुवः: firm; fixed
• ध्रुवः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (predicate adjective of ‘you’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिष्ठ: stand
• तिष्ठ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति)

• अविचाचलत्: did not waver; did not move about
• अविचाचलत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चल् (चलति) with वि-; intensive/reduplicated aorist form

• विशः: the peoples; the clans
• विशः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘clan/people’)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाञ्छन्तु: may (they) desire
• वाञ्छन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वाञ्छ् (वाञ्छति)

• मा: do not; let not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• त्वद्: from you
• त्वद्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• राष्ट्रम्: kingdom; realm
• राष्ट्रम्: कर्तृ (with भ्रंश्: ‘the realm’ as subject of falling away)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: over; upon; away from (with verbs of falling)
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भ्रशत्: may it not fall away / slip away
• भ्रशत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भ्रंश् (भ्रश्यति/भ्रंशति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Rājya/Rāṣṭra (kingship/realm) personified; also the King as ritual focus

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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