Mantra 9

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भगो युनक्त्वाशिषो न्व१स्मा अस्मिन् यज्ञे प्रविद्वान् युनक्तु सुयुजः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

bhágo yunaktu āśíṣo nú asmáí asmín yajñé právidvān yunaktu suyújaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May Bhaga yoke blessings—yea, now—for this man, in this sacrifice; fore-knowing, may he yoke them—well-yoked: svāhā.

Translation

Que Bhaga — oui, maintenant — attelle les bénédictions pour cet homme dans ce sacrifice ; lui qui sait d’avance, qu’il les attelle, bien attelées : svāhā.

Word by Word

• भगः: Bhaga (the deity of fortune/portion)
• भगः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• युनक्तु: may (he) yoke/join/bestow
• युनक्तु: कर्तृ-क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (युजँ समाधौ/योजने)

• आशिषः: blessings, benedictions
• आशिषः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशिष् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)

• अस्मै: to this (person), for him
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• यज्ञे: sacrifice, rite
• यज्ञे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रविद्वान्: knowing well, well-informed
• प्रविद्वान्: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: प्र-विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने) → विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• युनक्तु: may (he) yoke/join/bestow
• युनक्तु: कर्तृ-क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (युजँ समाधौ/योजने)

• सुयुजः: well-yoked, well-joined (ones)
• सुयुजः: कर्तृ (समूह/सहचर-कर्तृ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-युज् (उपसर्ग ‘सु’ + युज्) / ‘सुयुज्’ (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (ritual exclamation at offering)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (अव्यय/निपात; यज्ञीय-उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Bhaga

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (expanded by epithet).

Mantra Rasa

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