Mantra 11
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शारदौ मासौ गोप्तारावकुर्वंछ्यैतं च नौधसं चानुष्ठातारौ
IAST Transliteration
śāradáu mā́sau goptā́rāv ákurvañ chyaitáṃ ca naudhasáṃ cā̀nuṣṭhātā́rau
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The two months of Autumn appointed as guardians Śyaita and Naudhasa, as the two executors of the rite.
Word by Word
शारदौautumnal, belonging to the autumn
शारदौ:
Kartā (मासौ इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृसम्बन्धः)
TypeAdjective
Rootशारद (प्रातिपदिक; शरद्-सम्बन्धी)
मासौtwo months
मासौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
गोप्तारौtwo protectors/guardians
गोप्तारौ:
Kartā (मासौ इत्यस्य समनाधिकरण-विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootगोप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √गुप् ‘to protect’ से कर्तृवाचक)
अकुर्वन्they made / they did
अकुर्वन्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करोति)
छ्यैतम्this ‘छ्यैत’ (a named object/substance)
छ्यैतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootछ्यैत (प्रातिपदिक; द्रव्य/वस्तुवाचक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (हित/स्वाम्यर्थे ‘for us/our’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
औधसम्the herbal (thing), herb-remedy
औधसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऔधस (प्रातिपदिक; ओधस्/ओध ‘herb, plant’ से)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अनुष्ठातारौtwo performers/undertakers (of rites)
अनुष्ठातारौ:
Kartā (गोप्तारौ इत्यस्य समनाधिकरण-विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootअनुष्ठातृ (प्रातिपदिक; अनु-√स्था ‘to undertake/perform’ से कर्तृवाचक)
Attribution
Rishi: AV 15 correspondence tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).
Devata: Kāla (autumn months) with guardian powers Śyaita and Naudhasa.
Chandas: Irregular/prose-cadence.
Mantra Rasa
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