Mantra 26

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुमङ्गली प्रतरणी गृहाणां सुशेवा पत्ये श्वशुराय शंभूः । स्योना श्वश्र्वै प्र गृहान् विशेमान्

IAST Transliteration

sumáṅgalī prá-taraṇī gr̥hā́ṇāṃ suśévā pátye śváśurāya śámbhūḥ | syónā śváśrvai prá gr̥hā́n viśemān ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Auspicious, bearing us safely through the houses, kindly in service—be thou a maker of peace to husband and to father-in-law. Gentle to thy mother-in-law, may we enter forth into the home.

Word by Word

• सुमङ्गली: auspicious (woman/bride)
• सुमङ्गली: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमङ्गलि- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + मङ्गलि)

• प्रतर॑णी: helping to cross over; delivering
• प्रतर॑णी: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-तॄ (धातु) → प्र-तरणी- (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहाणाम्: of the houses; of the household
• गृहाणाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुशेवा: kindly disposed; well-serving
• सुशेवा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शेव- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + शेव)

• पत्ये: for (her) husband
• पत्ये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्वशुराय: for the father-in-law
• श्वशुराय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्भूः: welfare-bringing; beneficent
• शम्भूः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शम्-भू (धातु) → शम्भू- (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; ‘bringing welfare’)

• स्योना: gentle; kindly
• स्योना: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्योन- (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्वश्र्वै: for the mother-in-law
• श्वश्र्वै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वश्रू- (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth; forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• गृहान्: houses; home(s)
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विशेमान्: may we enter
• विशेमान्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-विश् (धातु) → विशेम (लोट्/विधिलिङ्-सम्भाव्य); पाठे: विशेमान् = विशेम (१पु बहु) + न् (वैदिक पदपूरण/अनुनासिक)

Attribution

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

Devata: Domestic harmony (implicit); addressed to the bride as ritual subject

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as transmitted)

Mantra Rasa

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