Mantra 12

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यज्ञायज्ञियस्य च वै स वामदेव्यस्य च यज्ञस्य च यजमानस्य च पशूनां च प्रियं धाम भवति तस्य दक्षिणायां दिशि

IAST Transliteration

yajñāyajñíyasya ca váí sá vāmadevyásya ca yajñásya ca yájāmānasya ca paśūnā́ṃ ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati tásya dákṣiṇāyāṃ díśi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Verily he becometh the dear abode of sacrifice-worthiness, and of Vāmadeva’s auspicious power, of Sacrifice, of the Sacrificer, and of the Cattle—his station is in the southern quarter.

Word by Word

• यज्ञायज्ञियस्य: of the sacrificially-worthy (one/thing)
• यज्ञायज्ञियस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: यज्ञायज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + यज्ञिय) अथवा यज्ञायज्ञिय (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वामदेव्यस्य: of (the) Vāmadeva(-hymn/chant/rite)
• वामदेव्यस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun (proper/ritual name)
• Root: वामदेव्य (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)

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

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• यजमानस्य: of the sacrificer (patron)
• यजमानस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक; यज्-धातोः वर्तमानकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पशूनाम्: of the cattle/animals
• पशूनाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• प्रियम्: dear, pleasing
• प्रियम्: कर्म (as predicate complement) / विधेय
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम: abode; seat; station
• धाम: कर्म (as predicate complement) / विधेय
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दक्षिणायाम्: in the southern (side)
• दक्षिणायाम्: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective (directional; used substantively)
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशि: in the direction
• दिशि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya/Angirasic-Atharvanic attribution complex (variable)

Devata: Dik (South) as ritual locus; Vrātya as bearer of dhāman

Chandas: Atharvanic prose-cadence / mixed

Mantra Rasa

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