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Mantra 15

Sukta 8.4

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; Kaṇvāḥ)
Devata: Pūṣan (primary); epithets śakra/puruhūta/vimocana may also echo Indraic diction but here applied to the invoked power as liberator-guide
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

प्र पूषणं वृणीमहे युज्याय पुरूवसुम् । स शक्र शिक्ष पुरुहूत नो धिया तुजे राये विमोचन ॥

प्र पू॒षणं॑ वृणीमहे॒ युज्या॑य पुरू॒वसु॑म् । स श॑क्र शिक्ष पुरुहूत नो धि॒या तुजे॑ रा॒ये वि॑मोचन ॥

prá pū́ṣaṇaṁ vṛṇīmahe yújyāya purū-vásum | sá śakra śikṣa puru-hūta no dhiyā́ túje rāyé ví-mocana ||

We choose Pūṣan in front, the one fit to be yoked, rich in many plenitudes. O mighty one, much-invoked, teach us by the inspired thought—O releaser—for the impelling of spiritual wealth and fullness.

प्र । पू॒षण॑म् । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ । युज्या॑य । पु॒रु॒ऽवसु॑म् । सः । श॒क्र॒ । शि॒क्ष॒ । पु॒रु॒ऽहू॒त॒ । नः॒ । धि॒या । तुजे॑ । रा॒ये । वि॒ऽमो॒च॒न॒ ॥प्र । पूषणम् । वृणीमहे । युज्याय । पुरुवसुम् । सः । शक्र । शिक्ष । पुरुहूत । नः । धिया । तुजे । राये । विमोचन ॥pra | pūṣaṇam | vṛṇīmahe | yujyāya | puru-vasum | saḥ | śakra | śikṣa | puru-hūta | naḥ | dhiyā | tuje | rāye | vi-mocana

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
पूषणम्Pūṣan (the god Pūṣan)
पूषणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपूषण (prātipadika)
वृणीमहेwe choose, we select
वृणीमहे:
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणीते) / √वृण् ‘to choose’
युज्यायfor (one) to be yoked / fit to be yoked
युज्याय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज्य (adj. from √युज् ‘to yoke, join’)
पुरूवसुम्abounding in much wealth
पुरूवसुम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरूवसु (prātipadika; purū ‘much’ + vasu ‘wealth’)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāman)
शक्रO Śakra (Mighty one)
शक्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशक्र (prātipadika)
शिक्षteach, instruct; make (us) attain
शिक्ष:
TypeVerb
Root√शिक्ष् ‘to teach, train; to make (someone) learn/attain’
पुरुहूतO much-invoked one
पुरुहूत:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootपुरुहूत (prātipadika; puru ‘many’ + hūta ‘invoked’ < √ह्वा)
नःof us, our
नः:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (enclitic pronoun)
धियाby/with (our) thought, insight, prayer
धिया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधी (prātipadika)
तुजेfor the impetuous/strong (one)
तुजे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootतुज् (prātipadika; from √तुज् ‘to urge, impel; be strong/pressing’)
रायेfor wealth
राये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootराय् (prātipadika)
विमोचनO releaser, deliverer
विमोचन:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootविमोचन (prātipadika; vi- + mocana ‘releasing’ < √मुच्)