Mantra 17
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शैशिरौ मासौ गोप्तारावकुर्वन् दिवं चादित्यं चानुष्ठातारौ
IAST Transliteration
śaiśiráu māsáu goptā́rāv akurvan dívaṃ cādityáṃ cānuṣṭhātā́rau
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The two Śaiśira months they appointed as Guardians, as Executors of Heaven and of Āditya (the Sun).
Word by Word
शैशिरौthe two wintry (ones)
शैशिरौ:
विशेषण (कर्तृपद-सम्बन्धः)
TypeAdjective
Rootशैशिर (प्रातिपदिक; शिशिर-सम्बद्ध)
मासौtwo months
मासौ:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
गोप्तारौtwo protectors/guardians
गोप्तारौ:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध/अप्पोज़िशन)
TypeNoun
Rootगोप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √गुप् ‘to protect’ से कर्तृ-नाम)
अकुर्वन्they made / they did
अकुर्वन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
दिवम्heaven, the sky
दिवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
आदित्यम्the Sun / Āditya
आदित्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अनुष्ठातारौtwo performers/executors
अनुष्ठातारौ:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध/अप्पोज़िशन)
TypeNoun
Rootअनुष्ठातृ (प्रातिपदिक; अनु-√स्था ‘to carry out, perform’ से कर्तृ-नाम)
Attribution
Rishi: Late Atharvanic cosmological/administrative tradition (AV 15).
Devata: Māsāḥ (Śaiśira months), Dyu (Heaven), Āditya (Sun).
Chandas: Prose/ritual formula.
Mantra Rasa
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