Mantra 43
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उदिमां मात्रां मिमीमहे यथापरं न मासातै । शते शरत्सु नो पुरा
IAST Transliteration
údīmā́ṃ mā́trāṃ mimīmahe yáthā́paraṃ ná mā́sātai | śaté śáratsu no purā́
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Upward this measure we do mete, that it be not thereafter spent in months: a hundred autumns—so for us, as in the days of old.
Word by Word
उद्up, forth (preverb)
उद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय
इमाम्this (f.)
इमाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मात्राम्measure; portion; unit
मात्राम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
मिमीमहेwe measure
मिमीमहे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootमा (माने/मिमीतॆ ‘to measure’) धातु
यथाas, so that
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
अपरम्further; later; subsequent
अपरम्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
मासातैby/within a month; month-wise (instrumental sense)
मासातै:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun (archaic/vedic form)
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक) + अतय्/अति (गत्यर्थ/अत्ययार्थ) → मासाति (समास/व्युत्पत्ति-आधारित रूप)
शतेin a hundred
शते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
शरत्सुin years/autumns
शरत्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशरद् (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us; for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुराformerly; before
पुरा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable)
Devata: Āyus; strengthening/elevation of life-force
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (refrain-form)
Mantra Rasa
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