Mantra 29
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
देवहेतिर्ह्रियमाणा व्यृद्धिर्हृता
IAST Transliteration
devá-hetír hriyámāṇā vy-ŕ̥ddhir hr̥tā́
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The god-sent missile is borne away; prosperity—carried off, taken away.
Word by Word
देवहेतिःdivine missile/impulse (god-sent agency)
देवहेतिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक) + हेति- (प्रातिपदिक)
ह्रियमाणाbeing carried/borne along
ह्रियमाणा:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्धः (सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootह्री (धातु) → ह्रि-य-मान (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय, कर्मणि/आत्मनेपद-प्रायः)
व्यृद्धिःincrease, growth
व्यृद्धिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवि-√ऋध् (धातु) → वृद्धि- (प्रातिपदिक)
हृताtaken away, carried off
हृता:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण) / कर्म (अन्तर्निहितः: ‘carried off’)
TypePast participle (Adjectival)
Root√हृ (धातु) → हृत (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (hymn-level).
Devata: Deváheti (divine missile) as the operative force to be removed; implicitly the gods as senders/withdrawers of affliction.
Chandas: Uncertain from excerpt; section is metrically mixed.
Mantra Rasa
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