Mantra 19

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सीसे मृड्ढ्वं नडे मृड्ढ्वमग्नौ संकसुके च यत्। अथो अव्यां रामायां शीर्षक्तिमुपबर्हणे

IAST Transliteration

sī́se mṛḍḍhvam naḍé mṛ́ḍḍhvam agnáu saṅkásuke ca yát | átho avyā́ṃ rāmā́yāṃ śīrṣáktim upabárhaṇe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In lead be ye gracious; in the reed be gracious; in the fire, and in what is in the saṅkasuka. And also in the ewe’s soft wool, in the head-band, upon the pillow’s rest.

Word by Word

• सीसे: in/at lead (in lead)
• सीसे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीस (प्रातिपदिक) < (धातु-सम्भव) √शि/√सि?; व्यवहारतः ‘सीस’ = lead (सीसा)

• मृड्ढ्वम्: be gracious / give relief (to us)
• मृड्ढ्वम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृड् (सुखे/अनुग्रहे) ‘मृड्’

• न॒डे: in/at the reed (cane)
• न॒डे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: नड (प्रातिपदिक) ‘नड’ = reed/cane

• मृड्ढ्वम्: be gracious / give relief
• मृड्ढ्वम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृड्

• अग्नौ: in/at the fire
• अग्नौ: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• संकसुके: in/at the saṅkasuka (a plant/substance)
• संकसुके: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकसुक (प्रातिपदिक; द्रव्य/औषधि-नाम, AV-विशेष)

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

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: कर्म (अर्थानुसार) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ

• अव्याम्: in/at the ewe (sheep)
• अव्याम्: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ewe/sheep’

• रामायाम्: in/at the ramā (named place/thing ‘Rāmā’)
• रामायाम्: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण/नाम; ‘ramā’ = pleasant/quiet; अथवा द्रव्य/स्थान-नाम)

• शीर्षक्तिम्: head-force / power at the head
• शीर्षक्तिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीर्षक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; शीर्ष + क्ति; ‘head-power/force at the head’)

• उपबर्हणे: on/at the pillow (cushion)
• उपबर्हणे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपबर्हण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘pillow/cushion’, upa+barh)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Śānti/pacification addressed to the enumerated supports; implicitly Agni as purifier

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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