Mantra 24

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ रोहतायुर्जरसं वृणाना अनुपूर्वं यतमाना यति स्थ। तान् वस्त्वष्टा सुजनिमा सजोषाः सर्वमायुर्नयतु जीवनाय

IAST Transliteration

ā́ rohatáyur járasaṃ vṛṇānā́ anupūrváṃ yátamānā yáti sthá | tā́n vástvaṣṭā́ sujánimā sajóṣāḥ sárvam ā́yur nayatu jī́vanāya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ascend ye unto life, choosing old age; striving in due succession, as ye go, so stand. Those may Vāstu-Tvaṣṭṛ, with good generation in concord, lead on to the whole of life, for living.

Word by Word

• आ: forth/up (as preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• रोहत: climb/ascend!
• रोहत: Kartā (implied: ‘you all’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह्

• आयुः: life-span, vital life
• आयुः: Karma (with रोहत) / goal-object
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जरसम्: old age, senescence
• जरसम्: Karma (with वृणाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृणाना: choosing, selecting
• वृणाना: Kartā (of the participle; agreeing with implied feminine plural subject) / manner
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणोति ‘to choose’)

• अनुपूर्वम्: in due order, successively
• अनुपूर्वम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यतमानाः: striving, exerting
• यतमानाः: Kartā (agreeing with तान्) / manner
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत् (यतते ‘to strive’)

• यति: the ascetic (yati)
• यति: Kartā (of स्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थ: you are / you stand
• स्थ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (to be)

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma (with नयतु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• वस्त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭṛ as the ‘Vasu-/dwelling-’ fashioner (epithet of Tvaṣṭṛ)
• वस्त्वष्टा: Kartā (of नयतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस् + त्वष्टृ (समास/विशेषण-नाम)

• सुजनिमा: good birth/bringing-forth, good begetting
• सुजनिमा: — (appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-जनिमन्/जनिमा (प्रातिपदिक)

• सजोषाः: in concord, of one mind, harmonious
• सजोषाः: — (descriptive; agreeing with implied plural associates/companions)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma (with नयतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life-span
• आयुः: Karma (with नयतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नयतु: may (he) lead/bring
• नयतु: Kartā: वस्त्वष्टा; Karma: तान्/सर्वम् आयुः
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी

• जीवनाय: for living, for life
• जीवनाय: Sampradāna / purpose (dative of end)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवन (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition within AV 12.2; r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī.

Devata: Āyus; Tvaṣṭṛ (and/or Vāstu as stabilizing/fashioning power).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

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