Mantra 57

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आदाय जीतं जीताय लोके३ऽमुष्मिन् प्र यच्छसि

IAST Transliteration

ādā́ya jītáṃ jītā́ya lóke ’múṣmin prá yacchasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Having taken the winnings, thou assignest them forth to the winner in yonder world.

Translation

जीत का धन (लाभ) लेकर, तुम उसे उस परलोक में विजेता को प्रदान करते हो।

Word by Word

• आदाय: having taken, taking up
• आदाय: Karaṇa (means/manner of the main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (√दा ‘to take’) → क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (gerund)

• जीतम्: the won (thing), the victory/booty
• जीतम्: Karma (object of ‘आदाय’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: √जि ‘to conquer’ → क्त (past passive participle) → प्रातिपदिक ‘जीत’

• जीताय: for the victory / for the victor
• जीताय: Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary; purpose: ‘for victory/for the victor’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: √जि ‘to conquer’ → क्त → प्रातिपदिक ‘जीत’

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमुष्मिन्: in that (yonder)
• अमुष्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (location; deictic: ‘in that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ‘अमुष्मिन्’

• प्र: forth, forward; intensively (with ‘यच्छसि’)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यच्छसि: you grant/you bestow, you extend
• यच्छसि: Kriyā (main verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् ‘to restrain/hold; to give/offer’ with prefix प्र- (semantic: ‘to bestow/extend’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies)

Devata: Jaya/Jīta (Victory, Winnings) as personified efficacy; also ‘Loka’ as destination

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical check)

Mantra Rasa

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