Mantra 1

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सविता तां सवितः सत्यसवां सुचित्रामाहं वृणे सुमतिं विश्ववाराम्। यामस्य कण्वो अदुहन् प्रपीनां सहस्रधारां महिषो भगाय

IAST Transliteration

savítā tā́ṃ savitaḥ satyásavāṃ sucitrā́m āháṃ vṛ́ṇe sumatíṃ viśvávārām | yā́m asyá káṇvo áduhan prápīnām sahásradhārāṃ mahíṣo bhágāya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Savitar, that fair boon—of true impulsion, of goodly form—do I elect: the good favour, all-choice. Which boon of his Kanva milked forth, rich and full, thousand-streamed, as a strong bull for Bhaga’s portion.

Word by Word

• सविता: Savitṛ (the impeller, Sun-god)
• सविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ

• ताम्: her/that (f.)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• सवितः: O Savitṛ
• सवितः: (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ

• सत्यसवाम्: having true impulsion/true vivifying power
• सत्यसवाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-सव (प्रातिपदिक: सत्य + सव) / सव

• सुचित्राम्: brightly/beautifully adorned
• सुचित्राम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: (Verb modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्

• वृणे: I choose
• वृणे: (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृञ्) ‘choose’

• सुमतिम्: good counsel/favourable thought
• सुमतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-मति (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्ववाराम्: bringing all desirable gifts; all-boon-bestowing
• विश्ववाराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-वार (प्रातिपदिक)

• याम्: whom/which (f.)
• याम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• कण्वः: Kaṇva (seer)
• कण्वः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदुहन्: they milked/drew (out)
• अदुहन्: (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् ‘milk’

• प्रपीनाम्: full, abundant, well-filled
• प्रपीनाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-पीन (कृदन्त/विशेषण; √प्याय्/पि ‘swell, be full’)

• सहस्रधाराम्: having a thousand streams
• सहस्रधाराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-धारा (प्रातिपदिक)

• महिषः: the buffalo/bull (as a strong one)
• महिषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)

• भगाय: for Bhaga (the god of fortune/share)
• भगाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (Kanva indicated within the verse; hymn attributed within Kāṇva sphere)

Devata: Savitar (primary); Bhaga (prosperity-distributor, secondary)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (requires metrical verification against pada count in Saunaka tradition)

Mantra Rasa

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