Mantra 2

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सखासावस्मभ्यमस्तु रातिः सखेन्द्रो भगः सविता चित्रराधाः

IAST Transliteration

sakhā́sā́v asmábhyam astu rātíḥ sakhéndró bhágaḥ savitā́ citrárādhāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May that bounty come down to us; as friend be Indra, as friend be Bhaga, and Savitar of manifold riches.

Word by Word

• सखा: friend, ally
• सखा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he, that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let (it) be
• अस्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• रातिः: gift, giving, bounty
• रातिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: राति- (प्रातिपदिक; √रा/√रद् ‘to give’ इत्यर्थे दानवाचक-नाम)

• सखा: (as) a friend
• सखा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• भगः: Bhaga (dispenser of fortune)
• भगः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: भग- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सविता: Savitar
• सविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: सवितृ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्रराधाः: of splendid bounty, richly beneficent
• चित्रराधाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र- + राधस्/राधा- (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-भावः: ‘whose bounty is splendid’)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified in the provided input (commonly Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for such paustika material; verify via AV anukramaṇī).

Devata: Indra, Bhaga, Savitar (as friendly bestowers of rāti/bounty).

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (verification requires full metrical scan against the pada text).

Mantra Rasa

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