Mantra 27

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आशिषश्च प्रशिषश्च संशिषो विशिषश्च याः । चित्तानि सर्वे संकल्पाः शरीरमनु प्राविशन्

IAST Transliteration

āśíṣaś ca praśíṣaś ca saṁśíṣo viśíṣaś ca yā́ḥ | cittā́ni sárve saṅkálpāḥ śarī́ram ánu prā́viśan ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Blessings and fore-blessings, concordant blessings and special blessings—whatsoever they be; all thoughts, all resolves—these entered, following after, into the body.

Word by Word

• आशिषः: blessings / benedictions
• आशिषः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशिष् (प्रातिपदिक) < √शास्/√शिष् (आशीः ‘आशीर्वाद/आज्ञा’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रशिषः: injunctions / directives
• प्रशिषः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-शिष् (प्रातिपदिक) < √शास्/√शिष्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संशिषः: combined ordinances / collective injunctions
• संशिषः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-शिष् (प्रातिपदिक) < √शास्/√शिष्

• विशिषः: distinct/special injunctions
• विशिषः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-शिष् (प्रातिपदिक) < √शास्/√शिष्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• याः: which (those)
• याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्तानि: minds / thoughts
• चित्तानि: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) < √चित् ‘चेतयति/चिन्तयति’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• संकल्पाः: intentions / resolves
• संकल्पाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक) < सम्-√कॢप्/√कॢप् ‘कल्पना/निश्चय’

• शरीरम्: the body
• शरीरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; along; into (following)
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• प्राविशन्: entered (came into)
• प्राविशन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√विश्

Attribution

Rishi: AV 11.8 tradition (microcosm hymn); variable r̥ṣi attribution

Devata: Āśiṣ (benediction) and Saṅkalpa/Citta (mental powers) personified

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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