Mantra 17

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् भद्राः समगच्छन्त वशा देष्ट्र्यथो स्वधा। अथर्वा यत्र दीक्षितो बर्हिष्यास्त हिरण्यये

IAST Transliteration

tád bhadrā́ḥ sám agacchanta vaśā́ deṣṭry àtho svadhā́ | átharvā́ yátra dīkṣitó bárhiṣy ā́sta hiraṇyé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Then came the Auspicious Ones together—Vasā, the Deṣṭrī, and Svadhā besides—where Atharvan, consecrated, sat upon the barhis, on the golden (seat).

Word by Word

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

• भद्राः: the auspicious ones / благful (persons)
• भद्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• अगच्छन्त: they went/approached
• अगच्छन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छ) + सम्

• वशाः: Vashā-cows (a class of ritual cows)
• वशाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• देष्ट्री: the directing priestess / the ‘deṣṭrī’ (ritual director)
• देष्ट्री: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देष्ट्री (प्रातिपदिक; from √दिश्/√दिश् ‘to point out, assign’ > देष्टृ ‘director/assigner’, fem.)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (अव्यय; atha + u)

• स्वधा: Svadhā (ritual exclamation/oblation-power; also personified)
• स्वधा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथर्वा: Atharvan (the seer/priest)
• अथर्वा: Kartā
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: अथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

• दीक्षितः: initiated, consecrated
• दीक्षितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: दीक्षित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दिक्ष्/√दीक्ष् ‘to consecrate/initiate’ > दीक्षित)

• बर्हिषि: on/at the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आस्त: sat
• आस्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (to sit) + आ

• हिरण्यये: golden
• हिरण्यये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvan (mythic-priestly voice; hymn is etiological rather than personal)

Devata: Vasā, Svadhā, and auspicious ritual powers (bhadrāḥ); consecrated Atharvan as focal agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant; mixed/irregular possible in AV narrative-etiological passages)

Mantra Rasa

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