Mantra 5

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मुखाय ते पशुपते यानि चक्षूंषि ते भव । त्वचे रूपाय संदृशे प्रतीचीनाय ते नमः

IAST Transliteration

mukhā́ya te paśupate yā́ni cákṣūṃṣi te bhava | tváce rūpā́ya saṃdŕ̥śe pratīcī́nāya te námaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To thy mouth, O Lord of cattle; to those eyes of thine, O Bhava; to thy skin, to thy form, to thy beholding—to the aspect turned away (from us), to thee be reverence.

Word by Word

• मुखाय: to/for the mouth
• मुखाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पशुपते: O Lord of creatures (Paśupati)
• पशुपते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: पशुपति (प्रातिपदिक)

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: कर्तृ (भव-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षूंषि: eyes
• चक्षूंषि: कर्तृ (भव-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भव: be / become
• भव: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• त्वचे: to/for the skin
• त्वचे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपाय: to/for form/beauty
• रूपाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• संदृशे: to/for appearance/seeing (good sight)
• संदृशे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदृश् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दर्शन/दृश्’ से)

• प्रतीचीनाय: to/for the inward-facing/turned-toward (one)
• प्रतीचीनाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रतीचीन (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: salutation / homage
• नमः: (उद्गार/समर्पण; क्रियावाचक-भावः)
• Type: Noun (indeclinable-like in usage)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic transmission

Devata: Rudra as Paśupati/Bhava (with emphasis on his faculties: mouth, eyes, form)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular

Mantra Rasa

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