Mantra 24

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ रोह चर्मोप सीदाग्निमेष देवो हन्ति रक्षांसि सर्वा । इह प्रजां जनय पत्ये अस्मै सुज्यैष्ठ्यो भवत् पुत्रस्त एषः

IAST Transliteration

ā́ roha cárma úpa sīda agním eṣá devó hánti rákṣāṃsi sárvā | ihá prajā́ṃ janaya pátye asmái sujyaíṣṭhyo bhavat putrás ta eṣáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ascend the hide; sit thee down hard by the Fire. This God smiteth all the Rakshases. Here beget thou offspring for this thy lord: may there be good pre-eminence; this shall be thy son.

Word by Word

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

• रोह: climb! mount!
• रोह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु) / ruh

• चर्म: hide, skin (leather)
• चर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) / carman

• उप: near, onto
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / upa

• सीद: sit down!
• सीद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) / sad

• अग्निम्: Agni; fire
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) / agni

• एष: this (one)
• एष: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एष (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / eṣa

• देवः: god; the deity
• देवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) / deva

• हन्ति: strikes, slays
• हन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) / han

• रक्षांसि: demons; harmful spirits
• रक्षांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक) / rakṣas

• सर्वा: all (of them)
• सर्वा: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) / sarva

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय) / iha

• प्रजाम्: offspring, progeny
• प्रजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) / prajā

• जनय: beget! generate!
• जनय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) / jan

• पत्ये: for the husband
• पत्ये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) / pati

• अस्मै: for this (man), for him
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / idam

• सु: well, good
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / su

• ज्यैष्ठ्यः: seniority; pre-eminence (eldest-status)
• ज्यैष्ठ्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्यैष्ठ्य (प्रातिपदिक) / jyaiṣṭhya

• भवत्: became; may it come to be
• भवत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) / bhū

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) / putra

• ते: your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / yuṣmad

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एष (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / eṣa

Attribution

Rishi: As in AV 14.2 marriage corpus (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Agni (rakṣohā) and implicitly Prajā (offspring)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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