Mantra 10

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहस्पतिः सविता ते वयो दधौ त्वष्टुर्वायोः पर्यात्मा त आभृतः । अन्तरिक्षे मनसा त्वा जुहोमि बर्हिष्टे द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम्

IAST Transliteration

bṛ́haspátiḥ savitā́ te váyo dadhau tváṣṭur vāyóḥ páryātmā́ ta ā́bhṛtaḥ | antárikṣe mánasā tvā juhomi barhíṣṭe dyā́vā-pṛthivī ubhé stām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bṛhaspati and Savitar have set for thee thy vital vigour; the all-encompassing essence of Tvaṣṭṛ and of Vāyu is brought hither for thee. In the mid-air, with mind I offer thee; upon the sacred grass let Heaven and Earth, both twain, stand fast.

Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति- (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा बृहस्+पति (समास)

• सविता: Savitṛ (the impeller, Sun)
• सविता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• वयः: vital strength; vigor; life
• वयः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधौ: has placed / bestowed
• दधौ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• त्वष्टुः: of Tvaṣṭṛ
• त्वष्टुः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वायोः: of Vāyu
• वायोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आत्मा: self; vital essence
• आत्मा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• आभृतः: brought; procured
• आभृतः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: आ-√भृ (धातु) / आभृत- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the mid-air / atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• जुहोमि: I offer (as oblation); I sacrifice
• जुहोमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)

• बर्हिष्टे: on the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिष्टे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven-and-Earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी- (द्वन्द्व-समास; द्यौष् + पृथिवी)

• उभे: both
• उभे: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: उभ- (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्ताम्: let (them) be / may (they) stand
• स्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type material in AV 9).

Devata: Bṛhaspati, Savitar, Tvaṣṭṛ, Vāyu; with Dyāvāpṛthivī as stabilizing witnesses.

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late Atharvanic narrative style; not strictly a single RV meter throughout the sukta).

Mantra Rasa

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