Mantra 14

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवस्य सवितुर्भाग स्थ। अपां शुक्रमापो देवीर्वर्चो अस्मासु धत्त । प्रजापतेर्वो धाम्नास्मै लोकाय सादये

IAST Transliteration

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

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye are the portion of the god Savitṛ. 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

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितुः: of Savitṛ
• सवितुः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• भागः: share, portion
• भागः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject-nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• शुक्रम्: bright (splendour), pure
• शुक्रम्: कर्म (object of ‘धत्त’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: कर्तृ (subject of ‘धत्त’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• वर्चः: lustre, vital radiance
• वर्चः: कर्म (object of ‘धत्त’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

• वः: your
• वः: सम्बन्ध (your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• धाम्ना: by (your) abode/power, by the sacred station
• धाम्ना: करण (means/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• सादये: may I cause (it) to be seated/established
• सादये: क्रिया (imperative/volitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → सादय

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī varies)

Devata: Āpas; Savitṛ as specified divine claimant; Prajāpati as authorizing power

Chandas: Atharvanic mixed/prose-like

Mantra Rasa

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