Mantra 4

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं चन्द्रं शतवृष्ण्यम् । तेना ते तन्वे३ शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष्टे अस्तु बालिति

IAST Transliteration

vídma śarásya pitáraṃ candráṃ śatá-vṛ́ṣṇyam | ténā te tanvé śáṃ karáṃ pṛthivyā́ṃ te ní-secanam bahíṣ te astu bā́liti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We know the Father of Śarás, the Moon, of hundredfold virile might. Therewith for thee, for thy body, I make welfare: upon the Earth let thy sprinkling be—let it be outside of thee—(so be it), Bāliti.

Word by Word

• विद्मा: we two know
• विद्मा: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विद्—ज्ञाने)

• शरस्य: of the reed/arrow (śara)
• शरस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरम्: the father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• चन्द्रम्: the Moon (as father)
• चन्द्रम्: Karma (apposition to पितरम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतवृष्ण्यम्: possessing a hundredfold vigor/strength
• शतवृष्ण्यम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-वृष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)

• तेन: by that / with him
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• तन्वे: for (your) body
• तन्वे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well; auspiciously
• शम्: (भाव/उपपद—adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय/निपात)

• करम्: making welfare; beneficent
• करम्: Karma (predicate complement with implied ‘कुरु/अस्तु’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिव्याम्: on/in the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निषेचनम्: sprinkling; infusion; anointing
• निषेचनम्: Kartā/प्रथमा (subject of अस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि-√सिच् (सिच्—सेचने) → निषेचन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• बहिष्ठे: in the widest/most spacious place
• बहिष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of बहु)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्—भुवि)

• बालिति: ‘bāli’—thus (closing word/reading)
• बालिति: (उद्धरण/समाप्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बालि (इति-समाप्ति; पाठ-विशेष)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Book 1 charms; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Candra (Moon) as life-giving, cooling, and strengthening power; also the ‘Father’ source of the charm’s potency

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant; with Atharvanic cadence and possible irregularities)

Mantra Rasa

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