Mantra 5

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहस्पतिर्म आत्मा नृमणा नाम हृद्यः

IAST Transliteration

bṛ́haspátir me ātmā́ nṛmaṇā́ nā́ma hṛ́dyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bṛhaspati is my very self—winning men’s minds, heart-pleasing indeed.

Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati (lord of prayer/sacred speech)
• बृहस्पतिः: कर्तृ (वाक्ये नामपद-सम्बन्धः; ‘आत्मा’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun (Proper/Deity name)
• Root: बृहस्पति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: of me; my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of me / my’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आत्मा: self; soul; vital essence
• आत्मा: कर्तृ/विषय (समनाधिकरणे मुख्यपदम्: ‘is (my) self’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नृमणाः: having manly/heroic spirit; of human-mindedness
• नृमणाः: विशेषण (आत्मनः/बृहस्पतेः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृमणस्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘नृ’ + ‘मनस्’)

• नाम: indeed; namely
• नाम: अव्यय-सम्बन्ध (वाक्य-प्रयोगे निपातः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (निपात/अव्यय)

• हृद्यः: heart-pleasing; dear; in/for the heart
• हृद्यः: विशेषण (आत्मनः/बृहस्पतेः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृद्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हृद्’ से)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-fragment feel, but metrically short; Atharvanic mixed cadence

Mantra Rasa

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