Mantra 17
Sukta 3.62
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (continued address; epithets align with their sovereignty and ṛta)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उरुशंसा नमोवृधा मह्ना दक्षस्य राजथः । द्राघिष्ठाभिः शुचिव्रता ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
उ॒रु॒शंसा॑ नमो॒वृधा॑ म॒ह्ना दक्ष॑स्य राजथः । द्राघि॑ष्ठाभिः शुचिव्रता ॥
Transliteration
uruśáṃsā namovṛ́dhā mahnā́ dákṣasya rājathaḥ | drā́ghiṣṭhābhiḥ śucivratā ||
Translation
Wide in your praise, increasers of the soul’s reverence, by greatness you rule through Dakṣa; with your far-reaching powers, O pure in your law of working.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
उ॒रु॒ऽशंसा॑ । न॒मः॒ऽवृधा॑ । म॒ह्ना । दक्ष॑स्य । रा॒ज॒थः॒ । द्राघि॑ष्ठाभिः । शु॒चि॒ऽव्र॒ता॒ ॥उरुशंसा । नमःवृधा । मह्ना । दक्षस्य । राजथः । द्राघिष्ठाभिः । शुचिव्रता ॥uru-śaṃsā | namaḥ-vṛdhā | mahnā | dakṣasya | rājathaḥ | drāghiṣṭhābhiḥ | śuci-vratā
Word by Word
उरुशंसाO wide-praised (one)
उरुशंसा:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootउरु- (प्रा.) + शंस (धातु √शंस् ‘स्तुति/प्रशंसा’) → उरुशंस- (प्रा.)
नमोवृधाO increaser of reverence / who grows by homage
नमोवृधा:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootनमस् (प्रा.) + वृध (धातु √वृध् ‘वर्धन’) → नमोवृध- (प्रा.)
मह्नाby (your) greatness / by might
मह्ना:
करण (means: ‘by/with greatness’)
TypeNoun (abstract/instrumental)
Rootमहत्/महि- (प्रा. ‘महत्त्व/महिमा’) → मह्ना (इन्स्ट्र.)
दक्षस्यof Dakṣa / of skill (power)
दक्षस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of Dakṣa/of skill’)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष- (प्रा. ‘दक्षता/शक्ति’; also divine name Dakṣa) संभवतः √दक्ष्/√दश्-सम्बद्ध
राजथःyou two rule / reign
राजथः:
क्रिया (you two as kartā)
TypeVerb
Root√राज् ‘राज्ये/दीप्तौ’
द्राघिष्ठाभिःwith the farthest-reaching / most extended (ones)
द्राघिष्ठाभिः:
करण (by/with the most far-reaching …)
TypeAdjective (instrumental plural, qualifying an implied feminine plural noun e.g., ‘स्तुतिभिः/धियाभिः/ऋचाभिः’ depending on padapāṭha tradition)
Rootद्राघिष्ठ- (तमतम/अतिशय: द्राघीयस्/द्राघिष्ठ ‘अत्यन्त दीर्घ/विस्तीर्ण’) < द्राघ- (प्रा.)
शुचिव्रताO of pure ordinances / pure-vowed
शुचिव्रता:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootशुचि- (प्रा. ‘पवित्र’) + व्रत- (प्रा. ‘व्रत/नियम’) → शुचिव्रत-