Mantra 3

Sukta 46

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या विश्पत्नीन्द्रमसि प्रतीची सहस्रस्तुकाभियन्ती देवी। विष्णोः पत्नि तुभ्यं राता हवींषि पतिं देवि राधसे चोदयस्व

IAST Transliteration

yā́ viśpátnī́ndrám ási pratī́cī sahásrastukābhiyántī devī́ | víṣṇoḥ patni túbhyaṃ rātā́ havī́ṃṣi pátiṃ devi rā́dhase codayasva

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou who, the people’s mistress, art turned hither, approaching, a Goddess praised a thousandfold; O consort of Viṣṇu, to thee are given the oblations: O Goddess, for our thriving success, impel (toward us) a husband and lord.

Word by Word

• या: she who
• या: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• विश्पत्नी: the mistress of the clan/household
• विश्पत्नी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: विश्-पत्नी (prātipadika; विश् ‘clan/people’ + पत्नी ‘wife’)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

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

• प्रतीची: turned toward (us), facing hither
• प्रतीची: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीची (prātipadika)

• सहस्रस्तुका: with thousand-tufted (ones)
• सहस्रस्तुका: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-स्तुका (prātipadika; सहस्र ‘thousand’ + स्तुका ‘tuft/cluster’)

• अभिः: with, by means of
• अभिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga/avyaya used with instr.)

• यन्ती: going, approaching
• यन्ती: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (present)
• Root: या (धातु)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (prātipadika)

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: विष्णु (prātipadika)

• पत्नी: (his) wife
• पत्नी: कर्तृ/सम्बोधन-समान (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (prātipadika)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• राताः: given, bestowed
• राताः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: रा (धातु) / राता (ppp-prātipadika)

• हवींषि: oblations
• हवींषि: कर्म (राताः इत्यस्य) / विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (prātipadika)

• पतिम्: the lord/husband
• पतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (prātipadika)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देवी (prātipadika)

• राधसे: for prosperity/success
• राधसे: सम्प्रदान (purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (prātipadika)

• चोदयस्व: impel, urge (him)
• चोदयस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer attribution uncertain/variable)

Devata: Sinīvālī/Viṣṇu’s consort aspect (syncretic identification)

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh tendency (AV often permits metrical looseness in domestic hymns)

Mantra Rasa

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