Mantra 13

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋतस्य पन्थामनु तिस्र आगुस्त्रयो घर्मा अनु रेत आगुः । प्रजामेका जिन्वत्यूर्जमेका राष्ट्रमेका रक्षति देवयूनाम्

IAST Transliteration

ṛtásya pánthām ánu tisrá āgús tráyo gharmā́ ánu retá āgúḥ | prajā́m ékā jínvaty ū́rjam ékā rāṣṭrám ékā rakṣati devayūnā́m

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Along the path of Order went three; three heats went on, along the seed. One quickeneth progeny; one, strength and sap; one guardeth the realm of them that seek the Gods.

Word by Word

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/true law)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पन्थाम्: path, way
• पन्थाम्: कर्म (object; ‘along the path’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पन्था (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, following
• अनु: उपपद-सम्बन्ध (governs accusative; ‘along/after’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• तिस्रः: three (feminine)
• तिस्रः: कर्तृ (with आगुः)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगुः: they have gone/came
• आगुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गा (गम्/गा) + आ- (उपसर्ग)

• त्रयः: three (masculine)
• त्रयः: कर्तृ (with आगुः)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• घर्माः: gharmas (hot libations/‘Gharma’ offerings)
• घर्माः: कर्तृ (apposition to त्रयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, following
• अनु: उपपद-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• रेतः: seed, semen; generative fluid
• रेतः: कर्म (object of अनु; ‘following the seed/stream’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगुः: they have gone/came
• आगुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गा (गम्/गा) + आ- (उपसर्ग)

• प्रजाम्: offspring, progeny
• प्रजाम्: कर्म (object of जिन्वती)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• एका: one (feminine)
• एका: कर्तृ (with जिन्वती)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिन्वती: quickens, invigorates
• जिन्वती: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जिव्/जिन्व् (to quicken, invigorate, set in motion)

• ऊर्जम्: strength, vigor, nourishment
• ऊर्जम्: कर्म (object of implied/continued जिन्वती)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)

• एका: one (feminine)
• एका: कर्तृ (elliptic; ‘one [power]’)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• राष्ट्रम्: realm, kingdom, polity
• राष्ट्रम्: कर्म (object of रक्षति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• एका: one (feminine)
• एका: कर्तृ (with रक्षति)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षति: protects, guards
• रक्षति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रक्ष्

• देवयूनाम्: of the god-seekers/devout people
• देवयूनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive with राष्ट्रम्/रक्षति: ‘of the devout’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: देवयू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘god-seeking/devout’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution required for certainty).

Devata: Ṛta (Cosmic Order) and its functional powers (prajā/ūrj/rāṣṭra as personified efficacies).

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (close to triṣṭubh-jagatī cadence; requires full metrical scan).

Mantra Rasa

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