Mantra 2

Sukta 51

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवेऽश्विनोर्बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्यां प्रसूत आ रभे

IAST Transliteration

devásya tvā savitúḥ prasavé ’śvinór bāhúbhyāṃ pūṣṇó hástābhyāṃ prasūtá ā́ rabhé

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Under the god Savitar’s impulsion I lay hold of thee—impelled—by the Aśvins’ two arms, by Pūṣan’s two hands.

Translation

देव सविता के प्रसव (प्रेरण) से—अश्विनों की दोनों भुजाओं से, पूषन् के दोनों हाथों से प्रेरित होकर—मैं तुझे ग्रहण करता हूँ।

Word by Word

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितुः: of Savitṛ
• सवितुः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रसवे: in/at the instigation (impulsion)
• प्रसवे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विनोः: of the Aśvins (two)
• अश्विनोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बाहुभ्याम्: with (their) two arms
• बाहुभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूष्णः: of Pūṣan
• पूष्णः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हस्ताभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• हस्ताभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रसूतः: impelled/authorized
• प्रसूतः: कर्तृ (implicit speaker/agent in ritual formula)
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: प्र + √सू (सूते) → प्रसूत (कृदन्त)

• आ: towards; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• रभे: I take hold / I grasp / I undertake
• रभे: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रभ् (रभते) with आ- → आरभे

Attribution

Rishi: To be confirmed by AVŚ 19.51 anukramaṇī

Devata: Savitar; Aśvins; Pūṣan

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence but effectively a fixed ritual formula (meter secondary)

Mantra Rasa

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