Mantra 35

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नमो गन्धर्वस्य नमसे नमो भामाय चक्षुषे च कृण्मः । विश्वावसो ब्रह्मणा ते नमोऽभि जाया अप्सरसः परेहि

IAST Transliteration

námo gandharvásya námase námo bhā́māya cákṣuṣe ca kṛṇmaḥ | víśvāvāso bráhmaṇā te námo ’bhí jā́yā apsarásaḥ paréhi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Obeisance to the Gandharva—obeisance we render; obeisance to his dread splendor and to his eye. O Viśvāvasu, with sacred spell to thee is obeisance: as touching the wife, O Apsarases, depart ye hence.

Word by Word

• नमः: obeisance, homage
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गन्धर्वस्य: of the Gandharva
• गन्धर्वस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमसे: for obeisance / as an act of homage
• नमसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भामाय: to/for the radiance, splendor
• भामाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामा (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुषे: to/for the eye; to/for sight
• चक्षुषे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कृण्मः: we do / we make
• कृण्मः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• विश्वावसो: O Viśvāvasu (name/epithet of Gandharva)
• विश्वावसो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: विश्वावसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: with sacred utterance / with prayer
• ब्रह्मणा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• जाया: the wife
• जाया: कर्तृ (of ‘परेहि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाया (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्सरसः: the Apsaras
• अप्सरसः: कर्तृ (apposition to ‘जाया’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• परेहि: go away / depart
• परेहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-इ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: As in AVŚ 14.2 wedding corpus (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Gandharva (Viśvāvasu) and Apsarases (controlled).

Chandas: Edition-dependent; anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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