Mantra 55

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन्। भजो गोषु प्रविष्टो यस्तेनेमां सं सृजामसि

IAST Transliteration

bṛ́haspátinā́vasṛṣṭā́ṃ víśve devā́ adhārayann | bhájō góṣu práviṣṭó yás ténémā́ṃ sáṃ sṛ́jāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sent forth by Bṛhaspati, all the Gods have stablished it: the goodly portion that hath entered into the kine—with that same do we now join this woman fast.

Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिना: by/with Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिना: करण
• Type: Noun (proper name/deity)
• Root: बृहस्पति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवसृष्टाम्: sent forth/let loose
• अवसृष्टाम्: कर्म
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: अव-√सृज् (सृजति) → अवसृष्ट- (कृदन्त, भूतकृत्/PPP)

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व- (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधारयन्: they held up/supported/maintained
• अधारयन्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-√धृ (धारयति)

• भजः: a share/portion (allotment)
• भजः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: भज- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘भाग/भज’ sense: share/portion; also can denote ‘enjoyment/participation’)

• गोषु: among/in the cows (cattle)
• गोषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो- (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रविष्टः: having entered
• प्रविष्टः: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: प्र-√विश् (विशति) → प्रविष्ट- (कृदन्त, भूतकृत्/PPP)

• यः: who/which
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: by that/with that
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative/instrumental)
• Root: तद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इमाम्: this (f.)
• इमाम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: इदम्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together/completely
• सम्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable (prefix used adverbially)
• Root: सम्- (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सृजामसि: we release/let go/emit
• सृजामसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (सृजति)

Attribution

Rishi: As in the AV 14.2 marriage corpus (tradition-variable).

Devata: Bṛhaspati; Viśve Devāḥ; bhajas/bhaga-like fortune.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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