Mantra 17

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् भद्राः समगच्छन्त वशा देष्ट्र्यथो स्वधा। अथर्वा यत्र दीक्षितो बर्हिष्यास्त हिरण्यये

IAST Transliteration

tád bhadrā́ḥ sám agacchanta vaśā́ deṣṭry àtho svadhā́ | átharvā́ yátra dīkṣitó bárhiṣy ā́sta hiraṇyé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Then came the Auspicious Ones together—Vasā, the Deṣṭrī, and Svadhā besides—where Atharvan, consecrated, sat upon the barhis, on the golden (seat).

Translation

પછી ભદ્રાઓ (શુભ શક્તિઓ) એકસાથે આવી—વશા, દેષ્ટ્રી, અને સ્વધા પણ—જ્યાં દીક્ષિત અથર્વા સોનાના આસન પર, બર્હિસ્ (યજ્ઞ-ઘાસ) ઉપર બેઠો હતો.

Word by Word

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

• भद्राः: the auspicious ones / благful (persons)
• भद्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• अगच्छन्त: they went/approached
• अगच्छन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छ) + सम्

• वशाः: Vashā-cows (a class of ritual cows)
• वशाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• देष्ट्री: the directing priestess / the ‘deṣṭrī’ (ritual director)
• देष्ट्री: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देष्ट्री (प्रातिपदिक; from √दिश्/√दिश् ‘to point out, assign’ > देष्टृ ‘director/assigner’, fem.)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (अव्यय; atha + u)

• स्वधा: Svadhā (ritual exclamation/oblation-power; also personified)
• स्वधा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथर्वा: Atharvan (the seer/priest)
• अथर्वा: Kartā
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: अथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

• दीक्षितः: initiated, consecrated
• दीक्षितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: दीक्षित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दिक्ष्/√दीक्ष् ‘to consecrate/initiate’ > दीक्षित)

• बर्हिषि: on/at the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आस्त: sat
• आस्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (to sit) + आ

• हिरण्यये: golden
• हिरण्यये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvan (mythic-priestly voice; hymn is etiological rather than personal)

Devata: Vasā, Svadhā, and auspicious ritual powers (bhadrāḥ); consecrated Atharvan as focal agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant; mixed/irregular possible in AV narrative-etiological passages)

Mantra Rasa

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