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Mantra 6

Sukta 1.142

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (traditional)
Devata: Dvāraḥ (Divine Doors) as goddesses; threshold-powers enabling entry of devas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

वि श्रयन्तामृतावृधः प्रयै देवेभ्यो महीः । पावकासः पुरुस्पृहो द्वारो देवीरसश्चतः ॥

वि श्र॑यन्तामृता॒वृध॑: प्र॒यै दे॒वेभ्यो॑ म॒हीः । पा॒व॒कास॑: पुरु॒स्पृहो॒ द्वारो॑ दे॒वीर॑स॒श्चत॑: ॥

ví śrayantām ṛtā-vṛ́dhaḥ pra-yái devébhyo mahī́ḥ | pāvakā́saḥ puru-spṛ́ho dvā́ro devī́r asaścátaḥ ||

Let the great divine doors, purifying and full of manifold longing, open wide—strengthened by the Truth—so that the path forward may be made for the gods; may they not cling back, but release the passage for the descending powers.

वि । श्र॒य॒न्ता॒म् । ऋ॒त॒ऽवृधः॑ । प्र॒ऽयै । दे॒वेऽभ्यः॑ । म॒हीः । पा॒व॒कासः॑ । पु॒रु॒ऽस्पृहः॑ । द्वारः॑ । दे॒वीः । अ॒स॒श्चतः॑ ॥वि । श्रयन्ताम् । ऋतवृधः । प्रयै । देवेभ्यः । महीः । पावकासः । पुरुस्पृहः । द्वारः । देवीः । असश्चतः ॥vi | śrayantām | ṛta-vṛdhaḥ | pra-yai | deve--bhyaḥ | mahīḥ | pāvakāsaḥ | puru-spṛhaḥ | dvāraḥ | devīḥ | asaścataḥ

विapart, forth, widely
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga)
श्रयन्ताम्let them resort/attach/lean
श्रयन्ताम्:
TypeVerb
Root√श्रि (श्रयति)
ऋतावृधःthe ṛta-increasing ones (promoters of cosmic order)
ऋतावृधः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootऋतावृध- (ṛta + √वृध ‘to grow/increase’)
प्रयैfor the advance/approach (forward movement)
प्रयै:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootप्रय- (pra + √इ ‘to go’ > ‘going forth, advance, approach’)
देवेभ्यःto/for the gods
देवेभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-
महीःgreat, mighty (f.)
महीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमही-
पावकासःthe purifying/bright ones
पावकासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपावक- (from √पू ‘to purify’, ‘purifying, bright’)
पुरुस्पृहःmuch-desired, greatly longed-for
पुरुस्पृहः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरुस्पृह- (puru ‘much’ + √स्पृह ‘to desire/long for’)
द्वारःdoors, gateways
द्वारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्वार-
देवीःdivine (f.), goddesses
देवीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवी-
असश्चतःnot clinging/ not adhering (unhindered, unimpeded)
असश्चतः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√सच् (सचते ‘to accompany, follow, attend’) with privative a-