Mantra 23
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
समुद्रं वः प्र हिणोमि स्वां योनिमपीतन । अरिष्टाः सर्वहायसो मा च नः किं चनाममत्
IAST Transliteration
samudráṁ vaḥ prá hiṇomi svā́ṁ yóniṁ apī́tan | áriṣṭāḥ sárvahāyaso mā́ ca naḥ kíṁ canā́mamat ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
To the ocean I send you forth, unto your own proper womb: go ye and rest there. Unharmed, with every failing left behind—let naught whatsoever injure us.
Word by Word
समुद्रम्the ocean
समुद्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you / your
वः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
हिṇोमिI send/impel
हिṇोमि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हि (हिनोति)
स्वाम्one’s own
स्वाम्:
विशेषण (कर्मणि)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
योनिम्womb; source; proper place
योनिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिalso; moreover
अपि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
इतjust, indeed (emphatic particle)
इत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात/अव्यय; वैदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
अरिष्टाःunharmed, uninjured
अरिष्टाः:
कर्तृ (वाक्य-विशेष्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootअरिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वहायसःwarding off/abandoning all harm (lit. ‘all-harm-removing’)
सर्वहायसः:
कर्तृ (अरिष्टाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वहायस (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेधार्थक-अव्यय)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
किम्anything
किम्:
कर्तृ/कर्म (अनिर्णीत; ‘anything’)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
नामat all, indeed
नाम:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय; वैदिक-निपात)
अमत्may it not harm/afflict
अमत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अम् (अमति/अमति; वैदिक ‘to harm/afflict’)
Attribution
Rishi: Ātharvaṇa (traditional)
Devata: Āpaḥ / Samudra (as destination and cosmic yoni)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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