Mantra 9

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

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

IAST Transliteration

sómasya bhāgá sthá | apā́ṃ śukrám ā́po devī́r várcó asmā́su dhatta | prajā́pater vó dhā́mnā́smái lokā́ya sādáye

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye are Soma’s portion. O bright Ones of the Waters, O Waters, Goddesses, bestow ye splendour upon us. By Prajāpati’s ordinance—by your own established might—do I seat this man in yonder world (his proper realm).

Word by Word

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• स्थ: stand / be (so)!
• स्थ: क्रिया (imperative to the addressees)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक ‘water’)

• शुक्रम्: brightness, radiance (the bright one)
• शुक्रम्: कर्म (object of ‘धत्त’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• वर्चः: splendour, vital brilliance
• 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: for you / your
• वः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to/for you; your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम्ना: by (his) dhāman: abode, ordinance, splendour
• धाम्ना: करण (means/instrument: ‘by/with the abode/splendour’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic (hymn-level).

Devata: Āpaḥ; Soma as named bhāga-recipient; Prajāpati as authorizing power.

Chandas: Atharvanic cadence; practical Anuṣṭubh-like handling.

Mantra Rasa

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