Mantra 27

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्योना भव श्वशुरेभ्यः स्योना पत्ये गृहेभ्यः । स्योनास्यै सर्वस्यै विशे स्योना पुष्टायैषां भव

IAST Transliteration

syónā bhava śváśurebhyaḥ syónā pátye gr̥hébhyaḥ | syónāsyai sárvasyai víśe syónā púṣṭāyaiṣāṃ bhava ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Be gentle to the fathers-in-law; gentle to thy husband, gentle in the home. Gentle to all this folk, gentle for their thriving—be thou so.

Word by Word

• स्योना: kind, gracious, auspicious
• स्योना: Kartā (आशीर्वचन-कर्तृभावे) / विशेषणम् (भव इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्योन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शिव/सुखद/अनुकूल’)

• भव: be (become)
• भव: (क्रिया) — कर्ता: त्वम् (वधू/स्त्री)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• श्वशुरेभ्यः: to the fathers-in-law / to the husband’s elders
• श्वशुरेभ्यः: Sampradāna (यस्य प्रति/येषां प्रति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्योना: kind, auspicious
• स्योना: Kartā / विशेषणम् (भव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्योन (प्रातिपदिक)

• पत्ये: to (your) husband
• पत्ये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहेभ्यः: in/for the household(s), for the home
• गृहेभ्यः: Adhikaraṇa (गृह-सम्बन्धे) / Sampradāna (गृहाणां प्रति) संदर्भानुसार
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्योना: kind, auspicious
• स्योना: Kartā / विशेषणम् (भव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्योन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्यै: to this (woman), to her
• अस्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वस्यै: to all (of them/people)
• सर्वस्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (pronominal)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• विशे: to the clan/people/community
• विशे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जन/कुल/समुदाय’)

• स्योना: kind, auspicious
• स्योना: Kartā / विशेषणम् (भव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्योन (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुष्टायै: for prosperity/nourishment
• पुष्टायै: Sampradāna (लाभार्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वृद्धि/समृद्धि/पोषण’)

• एषाम्: of these (people)
• एषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘of these’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भव: be
• भव: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

Attribution

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

Devata: Domestic concord/puṣṭi (implicit); addressed to the bride

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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