Mantra 2

Sukta 88

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धुनेतयः सुप्रकेतं मदन्तो बृहस्पते अभि ये नस्ततस्रे। पृषन्तं सृप्रमदब्धमूर्वं बृहस्पते रक्षतादस्य योनिम्

IAST Transliteration

dhunétayaḥ supraketáṃ mádanto bृहáspate abhí yé nas tatasré | pṛ́ṣantaṃ sṛprám adabdhám ūrváṃ bृहáspate rákṣatād asyá yónim ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Shakers, exulting, of good guidance—O Br̥haspati—who have pressed on against us: the speckled, the stout, the unassailable strength—O Br̥haspati—do thou guard us from his very seat of birth.

Translation

Los «Sacudidores», exultantes, de buen guía, oh Bṛhaspati, los que han avanzado contra nosotros: el moteado, el recio, la fuerza inatacable—oh Bṛhaspati, guárdanos de él, desde su mismo asiento de nacimiento.

Word by Word

• धुनेतयः: shakers, agitators (those who shake/rouse)
• धुनेतयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धुनेत (प्रातिपदिक; धुन्-धातु से निष्पन्न) / धुन्

• सुप्रकेतम्: the well-renowned/clear-sighted one
• सुप्रकेतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्रकेत (प्रातिपदिक: सु- + प्रकेत) / प्रकेत

• मदन्तः: rejoicing, exulting
• मदन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद्

• बृहस्पते: O Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ततस्रे: has rushed/has pressed forward
• ततस्रे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तस्र् (तस्रँ/तस्र् ‘to hasten/press on’)

• पृषन्तम्: the speckled one (dappled)
• पृषन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पृषन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• सृप्रम्: strong/firm (lit. ‘sṛpra’—robust)
• सृप्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदब्धम्: unharmed, unconquered
• अदब्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदब्ध (प्रातिपदिक: अ- + दब्ध ‘deceived/overpowered’) / दम्भ्

• ऊर्वम्: the thigh; (by extension) the strong limb/support
• ऊर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहस्पते: O Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षतात्: may (he) protect
• रक्षतात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्

• अस्य: of this / of him
• अस्य: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• योनिम्: womb; source; resting-place
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Bṛhaspati/Angiras-tradition (RV-derived; AV 20 is largely Rigvedic material)

Devata: Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (Rigvedic style)

Mantra Rasa

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