Mantra 3

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यूयं नः प्रवतो नपान्मरुतः सूर्यत्वचसः । शर्म यच्छाथ सप्रथाः

IAST Transliteration

yūyám naḥ pravató napān márutaḥ sū́ryatvacasaḥ | śárma yacchātha sapráthāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye, O Maruts, offspring (of the heights), sun-skinned, from the slopes—grant unto us shelter, wide-extended.

Word by Word

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रवतः: of the slope/stream (down-flow)
• प्रवतः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नपात्: offspring/son (epithet: ‘descendant’)
• नपात्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: नपात् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यत्वचसः: having sun-like skin/brightness
• सूर्यत्वचसः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सूर्य-त्वचस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्म: shelter, protection, comfort
• शर्म: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यच्छाथ: you (pl.) give/bestow
• यच्छाथ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु) → यच्छ-

• सप्रथाः: widely-extending, far-spreading
• सप्रथाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-प्रथा (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic attribution; in practice treated as a Marut-invocation (exact r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī traditions).

Devata: Maruts (storm-host), characterized by solar radiance

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; typical AV protective diction)

Mantra Rasa

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