Mantra 45

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शुम्भनी द्यावापृथिवी अन्तिसुम्ने महिव्रते । आपः सप्त सुस्रुवुर्देवीस्ता नो मुञ्चन्त्वंहसः

IAST Transliteration

śúmbhanī dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ ánti-sumne mahí-vrate | ā́paḥ saptá susruvúr devī́s tā́ no muñcántv áṃhasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Adorning Heaven and Earth, near with kindly grace, steadfast in mighty ordinance—forth have the Seven Waters flowed, the Goddesses: let them release us from distress and sin.

Word by Word

• शुम्भनी: adorning/brightening
• शुम्भनी: Kartā (द्यावापृथिव्यौ के विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ् (धातु) → शुम्भनी (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ‘शुम्भनी’ (स्त्री. विशेषण)

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven and Earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (समास-प्रातिपदिक; द्यौ + पृथिवी)

• अन्तिसुम्ने: in/with near-favor; in close benevolence
• अन्तिसुम्ने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्ति (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + सुम्न (प्रातिपदिक) → अन्तिसुम्न (समास)

• महिव्रते: in/with great ordinance (vow, sacred order)
• महिव्रते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महि (महन्/मही ‘great’) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) → महिव्रत (समास)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) बहुवचन-रूप ‘आपः’

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Kartā (आपः-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुस्रुवुः: flowed forth
• सुस्रुवुः: (क्रिया) — कर्ता: आपः
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्रु (धातु) + सु- (उपसर्ग) → सुस्रुवुः

• देवीः: divine (goddess-like)
• देवीः: Kartā (आपः-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• ताः: those (waters)
• ताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मुञ्चन्तु: let (them) release
• मुञ्चन्तु: (क्रिया) — कर्ता: ताः (आपः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुञ्चन्तु

• अंहसः: from distress/sin/evil
• अंहसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Āpas (Waters), with Dyāvāpṛthivī as cosmic supports

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas per half; metrical classification may vary by recension)

Mantra Rasa

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