Mantra 13

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पितॄणां भाग स्थ। अपां शुक्रमापो देवीर्वर्चो अस्मासु धत्त । प्रजापतेर्वो धाम्नास्मै लोकाय सादये

IAST Transliteration

pitṝṇā́ṃ bhāgá sthá | apā́ṃ śukrám ā́po devī́r várcó asmā́su dhatta | prajā́pater vo dhā́mnā́smái lokā́ya sādaye

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye are the Fathers’ portion. O Waters, bright of essence, goddesses, set splendour within us. By Prajāpati’s ordinance—by your established might—I seat him firmly in this world.

Translation

Vosotras sois la porción de los Padres (Pitṛ). Oh Aguas, brillantes en esencia, diosas, poned en nosotros el esplendor (varcas). Por el decreto de Prajāpati — por vuestro poder establecido — lo asiento firmemente en este mundo.

Word by Word

• पितॄणाम्: of the Fathers/ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• भागः: share/portion
• भागः: कर्तृ (as nominal predicate/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थ: be (you all are/should be)
• स्थ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) → स्थ (लोट्/आज्ञार्थे, मध्यम-पुरुष) [वैदिक रूप]

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुक्रम्: brightness, purity, radiant essence
• शुक्रम्: कर्म (object of implied/understood verb; also appositional to वर्चः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवीः: goddesses/divine (ones)
• देवीः: कर्तृ (apposition to आपः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चः: splendour, vital radiance
• वर्चः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मासु: in us
• अस्मासु: अधिकरण (locus)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धत्त: place, bestow
• धत्त: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• प्रजापतेः: of Prajāpati
• प्रजापतेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: to you / your
• वः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to you; your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम्ना: by (his/your) abode, by the sacred seat/power
• धाम्ना: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: for this (one), to him/it
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकाय: for the world/realm
• लोकाय: सम्प्रदान (goal/beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• सादये: cause (it) to be seated/established
• सादये: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: सादय् (धातु; causative of सद् ‘to sit’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī varies)

Devata: Āpas; Pitṛs as addressed claimants; Prajāpati as authorizing power

Chandas: Atharvanic mixed/prose-like; often treated as pragmatically recited

Mantra Rasa

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