Mantra 31

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एतत् ते देवः सविता वासो ददाति भर्तवे । तत् त्वं यमस्य राज्ये वसानस्तार्प्यंऽ चर

IAST Transliteration

etát te deváḥ savitā́ vā́so dadāti bhártave | tát tváṁ yámasya rā́jye vásānas tarpyáṁ cara ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This vesture Savitar, the God, bestoweth unto thee for wearing. Wearing it, do thou in Yama’s kingdom move at ease, in due refreshment.

Translation

Este vestido te lo concede el dios Savitar para que lo lleves. Llevándolo, muévete en el reino de Yama sin estorbo, en la debida saciedad y alivio.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (garment/thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सविता: Savitṛ (the impeller)
• सविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वासः: a garment, clothing
• वासः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने) धातु

• भर्तवे: for the bearer/supporter (for wearing)
• भर्तवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• राज्ये: in the realm/kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसानः: wearing, clothed
• वसानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: वस् (आच्छादने) धातु; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ)

• तार्प्यम्: satisfying, refreshing (thing)
• तार्प्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: तार्प्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तृप्/तर्प्’ से निष्पन्न, ‘तर्पणीय/तृप्तिकर’)

• चर: move about; go
• चर: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (गत्यर्थे) धातु

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with the Pitṛmedha corpus (often treated as Atharvanic/ancestral seers rather than a single ṛṣi)

Devata: Savitṛ (and, by domain, Yama/Pitṛs)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV 18)

Mantra Rasa

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