Mantra 1

Sukta 46

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सिनीवाली। सिनीवालि पृथुष्टुके या देवानामसि स्वसा । जुषस्व हव्यमाहुतं प्रजां देवि दिदिड्ढि नः

IAST Transliteration

sinīvālī | sinī́vāli pŕ̥thuṣṭuke yā́ devā́nām ási svásā́ | juṣásva havyám ā́hutam prajā́m devi didiḍḍhi naḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sinīvālī! O Sinīvālī, broad in praise, who art the Gods’ own sister: accept with favour the oblation duly offered; and, Goddess, establish for us our progeny.

Word by Word

• सिनीवाली: O Sinīvālī (goddess)
• सिनीवाली: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सिनीवाली (प्रातिपदिक; देवी-नाम)

• सिनीवालि: O Sinīvālī
• सिनीवालि: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सिनीवाली (प्रातिपदिक; देवी-नाम)

• पृथुष्टुके: O broad-/full-bosomed one (epithet)
• पृथुष्टुके: सम्बोधन (qualifier of the addressed deity)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पृथुष्टुक (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः: पृथु + स्तुक/ष्टुक)

• या: who
• या: कर्तृ (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation with ‘स्वसा’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: क्रिया (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• स्वसा: sister
• स्वसा: प्रातिपदिक-समासार्थे/पूरक (predicate nominative with ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वसृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुषस्व: accept; take pleasure in
• जुषस्व: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जुष् (धातु)

• हव्यम्: the oblation; what is to be offered
• हव्यम्: कर्म (of ‘जुषस्व’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer’ से)

• आहुतम्: offered; poured into the fire
• आहुतम्: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: आ-√हु (कृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्यय; ‘आहुत’)

• प्रजाम्: offspring; progeny
• प्रजाम्: कर्म (of ‘दिदिड्ढि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिदिड्ढि: grant; bestow; make thrive
• दिदिड्ढि: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिह्/दिध् (धातु; Vedic intensive/imperative form, sense ‘to bestow/strengthen’)

• नः: to us; for us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn to Sinīvālī; seer attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Sinīvālī

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV domestic hymns; metrical exactness may vary by pāda)

Mantra Rasa

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