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Mantra 5

Sukta 5.61

Rishi: Śyāvāśva Ātreya (self-referential mention in verse)
Devata: Unclear in isolated verse; likely a beneficent goddess/power associated with bestowal (possibly Uṣas/Sarasvatī/Śrī-like function) within the hymn’s context; requires hymn-level devatā confirmation from an index
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

सनत्साश्व्यं पशुमुत गव्यं शतावयम् । श्यावाश्वस्तुताय या दोर्वीरायोपबर्बृहत् ॥

सन॒त्साश्व्यं॑ प॒शुमु॒त गव्यं॑ श॒ताव॑यम् । श्या॒वाश्व॑स्तुताय॒ या दोर्वी॒रायो॑प॒बर्बृ॑हत् ॥

sanat sāśvyaṃ paśum uta gavyaṃ śatāvayam | śyāvāśvastutāya yā dorvīrāyopabarbṛhat ||

She won for him the horse-rich, the cattle-wealth, and the hundredfold increase; she who, for Śyāvāśva’s praise, strengthened might for the hero of the arm.

सन॑त् । सा । अश्व्य॑म् । प॒शुम् । उ॒त । गव्य॑म् । श॒तऽअ॑वयम् । श्या॒वाश्व॑ऽस्तुताय । या । दोः । वी॒राय॑ । उ॒प॒ऽबर्बृ॑हत् ॥सनत् । सा । अश्व्यम् । पशुम् । उत । गव्यम् । शतअवयम् । श्यावाश्वस्तुताय । या । दोः । वीराय । उपबर्बृहत् ॥sanat | sā | aśvyam | paśum | uta | gavyam | śata-avayam | śyāvāśva-stutāya | yā | doḥ | vīrāya | upa-barbṛhat

सनत्from of old; ever
सनत्:
Adhikaraṇa (kāla) / adverbial modifier
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसनत् (avyaya; from √सन्/सन ‘to be old, to last; anciently’)
साश्व्यम्everlasting; perennial
साश्व्यम्:
Karma (qualifier of object) / viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootसाश्व्य- (adj. from साश्वत ‘everlasting’)
पशुम्(a) beast; livestock
पशुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपशु-
उतand; also
उत:
— (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
गव्यम्bovine; of cattle
गव्यम्:
Karma (qualifier) / viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootगव्य- (adj. from गो- ‘cow’)
शतावयम्hundredfold; of a hundred strengths
शतावयम्:
Karma (qualifier) / viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootशतावय- (adj. ‘having a hundred folds/strengths’; from शत ‘hundred’ + अवय ‘fold/part, strength’)
श्यावाश्वःŚyāvāśva (the seer; ‘dark-horsed’)
श्यावाश्वः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (Proper) / Adjective used substantively
Rootश्यावाश्व- (proper name/epithet; ‘having dark horses’)
स्तुतायfor the praised (one); for the one being lauded
स्तुताय:
Sampradāna (beneficiary: ‘for the praised one’)
TypeAdjective (used as noun) / Participle
Rootस्तुत- (PPP of √स्तु ‘to praise’)
याwho; which
या:
Kartā (of बर्बृहत्) / relative subject
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (relative pronoun)
दोर्वीरायto the strong-armed hero
दोर्वीराय:
Sampradāna (recipient: ‘to/for the strong-armed hero’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (used as noun)
Rootदोर्वीर- (adj./noun ‘strong-armed, mighty in arm’; dor- ‘arm’ + vīra ‘hero’)
उपup; forth; near
उप:
— (verbal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / Postposition-like
Rootउप
बर्बृहत्made great; increased; exalted
बर्बृहत्:
Kriyā (finite verb); governs objects in acc.
TypeVerb
Root√बृह् (वर्धने ‘to grow, make great’) with intensive/reduplicated present stem बर्बृह-