Mantra 12

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमस्य भाग स्थ। अपां शुक्रमापो देवीर्वर्चो अस्मासु धत्त । प्रजापतेर्वो धाम्नास्मै लोकाय सादये

IAST Transliteration

yamá́sya bhāgá sthá | apā́ṃ śukrám ā́po devī́r várcó asmā́su dhatta | prajā́pater vo dhā́mnā́smái lokā́ya sādaye

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye are Yama’s portion. O Waters, bright of essence, goddesses, set splendour within us. By Prajāpati’s ordinance—by your established might—I seat him firmly in this world.

Word by Word

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• भागः: share/portion
• भागः: कर्तृ (nominal subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थ: be (you all)!
• स्थ: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुक्रम्: bright, pure (splendour)
• शुक्रम्: कर्म (object, with implied verb like ‘धत्त/दधात’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: कर्तृ (addressed subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवीः: goddesses/divine (ones)
• देवीः: कर्तृ (apposition to आपः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चः: lustre, vitality
• वर्चः: कर्म (object of धत्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मासु: in us
• अस्मासु: अधिकरण (locus: ‘in us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धत्त: place, bestow
• धत्त: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• प्रजापतेः: of Prajāpati
• प्रजापतेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you (pl.)
• वः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम्ना: by (your) abode/radiance
• धाम्ना: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: for this (one), to him
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकाय: for the world/realm
• लोकाय: सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (purpose/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• सादये: I cause to settle/establish
• सादये: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सादय् (धातु; causative of सद् ‘to sit/settle’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution varies for AV 10.5; commonly Atharvan/Angiras-type)

Devata: Āpas (Waters) with Prajāpati as authorizing power; Yama invoked as recipient of a ‘share’

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like triṣṭubh tendency in Saunaka transmission (not strictly regular); often treated as an Atharvanic pragmatic meter

Mantra Rasa

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