Mantra 20
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदा गार्हपत्यमसपर्यैत् पूर्वमग्निं वधूरियम्। अधा सरस्वत्यै नारि पितृभ्यश्च नमस्कुरु
IAST Transliteration
yadā́ gārhapatyám ásaparyait pū́rvam agním vadhū́r iyám | ádhā sárasvatyai nāri pitṛ́bhyaś ca námaḥ kuru
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
When this bride hath first done honour to Agni, the Gārhapatya, then, O woman, make reverence unto Sarasvatī and unto the Fathers.
Word by Word
यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikaraṇa (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय)
गार्हपत्यम्the Gārhapatya (household fire)
गार्हपत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगार्हपत्य (प्रातिपदिक; गृहपति-सम्बन्धी)
असपर्यैत्did not honor / did not attend
असपर्यैत्:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसपर्य् (धातु; ‘to honor, worship, attend’) + उपसर्ग: आ; नकार: अ-
पूर्वम्first / beforehand
पूर्वम्:
Adhikaraṇa (क्रम/काल)
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial accusative)
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni; the fire
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
वधूःthe bride
वधूः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवधू (प्रातिपदिक)
इयम्this (woman)
इयम्:
Kartā (वधूः का? इयम्)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अधthen
अध:
Adhikaraṇa (क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (अव्यय)
सरस्वत्यैto Sarasvatī
सरस्वत्यै:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
नारिO woman
नारि:
(सम्बोधन; कारकातीत)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootनारी (प्रातिपदिक)
पितृभ्यःto the Fathers (ancestors)
पितृभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
नमःobeisance
नमः:
Karma (in ‘नमः-कृ’)
TypeNoun (indeclinable in usage)
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
कुरुdo / make
कुरु:
Kriyā (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic domestic tradition (variable).
Devata: Agni Gārhapatya; Sarasvatī; Pitṛs.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (probable).
Mantra Rasa
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