Mantra 1

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कुलपा कन्या भगमस्या वर्च आदिष्यधि वृक्षादिव स्रजम्। महाबुध्न इव पर्वतो ज्योक् पितृष्वास्ताम्

IAST Transliteration

kulapā kanyā bhágam asyā́ḥ várca ā́ díṣyádhi vṛkṣā́d iva srájam | mahābudhná iva párvato jyók pitṛ́ṣvā́ astām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A maiden, guardian of the clan—do thou, O Bhaga, assign unto her splendour, as (one lays) a garland from a tree upon (the head). Like a mountain of mighty base, may she stand for long, rich in fathers (and ancestral support).

Word by Word

• कुलपा: the house-mistress / household guardian (Kulapā)
• कुलपा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलप (प्रातिपदिक) / कुलप (व्यक्ति-नाम/उपाधि)

• कन्या: the maiden, girl
• कन्या: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• भगम्: fortune, good-luck, prosperity
• भगम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्या: of this (girl/woman)
• अस्या: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चः: splendour, brilliance, vital glow
• वर्चः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• दिश्य: having directed/assigned
• दिश्य: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दिश् (दिशँ) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः; absolutive) → दिश्य

• अधि: upon, on
• अधि: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वृक्षात्: from the tree
• वृक्षात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• स्रजम्: a garland
• स्रजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रज् (प्रातिपदिक)

• महाबुध्नः: having a great base; deep-founded
• महाबुध्नः: कर्तृ/विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबुध्न (प्रातिपदिक; महा- + बुध्न ‘base, foundation’)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• पर्वतः: a mountain
• पर्वतः: कर्तृ/उपमान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्योक्: continually, for long
• ज्योक्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्योक् (निपात)

• पितृष्वास्ताम्: may the paternal aunt be (favourable/present)
• पितृष्वास्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पितृ-स्वस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘father’s sister’) + ताम् (आशीर्लिङ्/लोट् 3एकवचन परस्मैपद-रूप; √अस् ‘to be’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as an Atharvan/Angiras-type domestic benediction).

Devata: Bhaga (as distributor of fortune) with the operative power of Várchas (splendour).

Chandas: Mixed/irregular; predominantly anuṣṭubh-like cadence with Atharvanic flexibility.

Mantra Rasa

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