Mantra 5
Sukta 97
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यज्ञ यज्ञं गच्छ यज्ञपतिं गच्छ । स्वां योनिं गच्छ स्वाहा
IAST Transliteration
yajñá yajñáṃ gaccha yajñápatíṃ gaccha | svā́ṃ yónim gaccha svā́hā
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O Sacrifice, go thou unto the Sacrifice; go unto the Lord of Sacrifice. Go unto thine own womb, thy proper seat: Svāhā!
Word by Word
यज्ञO sacrifice (Agni as the sacrifice)
यज्ञ:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञम्to the sacrifice
यज्ञम्:
कर्म (गच्छ का)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
गच्छgo
गच्छ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
यज्ञपतिम्to the lord of the sacrifice
यज्ञपतिम्:
कर्म (गच्छ का)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञपति (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + पति)
गच्छgo
गच्छ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
स्वाम्one's own
स्वाम्:
कर्म (गच्छ का; योनिम् के साथ)
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
योनिम्womb; source; proper place
योनिम्:
कर्म (गच्छ का)
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
गच्छgo
गच्छ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
स्वाहाsvāhā (oblation-call)
स्वाहा:
(मन्त्र-उद्गार; कारक-अनपेक्ष)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)
Devata: Yajña / Yajñapati (ritual personification and presiding power)
Chandas: Prose-like yajus-formula (not a strict metrical ṛc)
Mantra Rasa
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