Mantra 4

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

असितस्य ते ब्रह्मणा कश्यपस्य गयस्य च । अन्तःकोशमिव जामयोऽपि नह्यामि ते भगम्

IAST Transliteration

asítasya te bráhmaṇā kaśyápasya gáyasya ca | antáḥkośam iva jāmáyo ápi nahyāmi te bhágam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the spell of Asita, of Kaśyapa, and of Gaya, I bind fast for thee thy Bhaga (thy fortunate portion), as though within an inner sheath, as kinsmen clasp one another close.

Word by Word

• असितस्य: of Asita
• असितस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: असित (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to/for you; your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: with/by the sacred formula (brahman)
• ब्रह्मणा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कश्यपस्य: of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)

• गयस्य: of Gaya
• गयस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: गय (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अन्तःकोशम्: an inner sheath / inner covering
• अन्तःकोशम्: कर्म (उपमान-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःकोश (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तः + कोश)

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

• जामयः: kinsmen / relatives
• जामयः: कर्ता (नह्यामि इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• नह्यामि: I bind / I tie
• नह्यामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: नह् (धातु; नह्यति/नह्यते ‘to bind, tie’)

• ते: to/for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भगम्: fortune / prosperity (bhaga)
• भगम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Tradition associates the verse with Atharvanic seer-lineages named in the mantra (Asita, Kaśyapa, Gaya) as invoked authorities.

Devata: Bhaga (Fortune/Allotment), secondarily the efficacious Brahman (mantra-power) and the invoked ṛṣis as guarantors.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor phonetic adjustments).

Mantra Rasa

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