Mantra 4
Sukta 89
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
एधोऽस्येधिषीय समिदसि समेधिषीय । तेजोऽसि तेजो मयि धेहि
IAST Transliteration
édho ’sy edhiṣīyá sámiḍ asi samedhiṣīyá | téjo ’si téjo máyī dhehi ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thou art fuel: may I be kindled. Thou art kindling: may I be well-kindled. Thou art splendour: in me do thou deposit splendour.
Word by Word
एधःfuel, kindling (as the subject)
एधः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootएधस् (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा इध् (धातु) से निष्पन्न नाम
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) ‘to be’
एधिषीयmay I kindle / may I prosper
एधिषीय:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइध् (धातु) ‘to kindle, to prosper’
समित्kindling-stick, fuel-stick
समित्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसम् + इध् (धातु) → समित् (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) ‘to be’
समेधिषीयmay I be well-kindled / may I prosper fully
समेधिषीय:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + इध् (धातु) ‘to kindle fully / to prosper well’
तेजःsplendour, radiance
तेजः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘splendour’
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) ‘to be’
तेजःradiance (as the thing to be placed)
तेजः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
मयिin me
मयि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धेहिplace (it), put (it)
धेहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) ‘to place, put’
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Samidh/Edhas/Tejas (functional deities; Agni implicit)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verify by syllable count)
Mantra Rasa
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