Mantra 1

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दीर्घायुःप्राप्तिः। यदाबध्नन् दाक्षायणा हिरण्यं शतानीकाय सुमनस्यमानाः । तत् ते बध्नाम्यायुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय

IAST Transliteration

yád ā́badhnan dākṣāyaṇā́ híraṇyaṃ śatā́nīkāya sumanasyámānāḥ | tát te badhnā́my ā́yuṣe várcase bálāya dīrghāyutvā́ya śatáśāradāya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What gold the Dākṣāyaṇas, well-minded, bound upon Śatānīka—this same for thee I bind, for life, for splendor, for strength, for long-livedness, for a hundred autumns.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)

• अबध्नन्: they bound / they tied
• अबध्नन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बन्ध् (बध्नाति)

• दाक्षायणाः: the Dākṣāyaṇas (a clan/descendants of Dakṣa)
• दाक्षायणाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाक्षायण (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतानीकाय: to Śatānīka (name of a person/king)
• शतानीकाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानीक (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमनस्यमानाः: being well-disposed / favorably minded
• सुमनस्यमानाः: Kartā (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सु-मनस्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मन्/मनस् → मनस्यति ‘to be well-disposed’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sampradāna (हितार्थे) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बध्नामि: I bind / I tie
• बध्नामि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बन्ध् (बध्नाति)

• आयुषे: for life / longevity
• आयुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चसे: for splendor / radiance
• वर्चसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बलाय: for strength
• बलाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)

• दीर्घायुत्वाय: for long-livedness
• दीर्घायुत्वाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घायुत्व (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घ-आयुस् + त्व)

• शतशारदाय: for (a life of) a hundred autumns (i.e., 100 years)
• शतशारदाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शतशारद (प्रातिपदिक; शत + शारद ‘autumnal year’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī tradition for this hymn).

Devata: Hiraṇya (gold) as empowered substance; implicitly Āyus/Varcas/Bala as desired powers.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant Atharvanic charm-meter; verse is in two pādas/hemistichs with anuṣṭubh cadence).

Mantra Rasa

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