Mantra 50

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उच्छ्वञ्चस्व पृथिवि मा नि बाधथाः सूपायनास्मै भव सूपसर्पणा। माता पुत्रं यथा सिचाभ्येऽनं भूम ऊर्णुहि

IAST Transliteration

úcchvañcasva pṛthivi mā́ ní bādhathāḥ sūpāyanā́smái bhava sūpasarpáṇā | mātā́ putráṁ yáthā sicā́bhy ènaṁ bhūme ūrṇúhi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Lift thee, O Earth; press him not down, nor harm. Be easy of access for him, easy to be approached. As a mother with her garment-fold covers her son, so, O Soil, enfold this man.

Word by Word

• उच्छ्वञ्चस्व: rise up / heave up
• उच्छ्वञ्चस्व: — (सम्बोधन-प्रयुक्त क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-श्वञ्च् (श्वञ्च्)

• पृथिवि: O Earth
• पृथिवि: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• नि: down; in (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि

• बाधथाः: do not press/harm
• बाधथाः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध्

• सूपायन: easy of approach; granting good access
• सूपायन: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (पृथिव्याः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-उपायन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: to him (for this person)
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम् (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)

• भव: become; be
• भव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• सूपसर्पण: easy to approach/creep up to; easy of access
• सूपसर्पण: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (पृथिव्याः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-उपसर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• माता: mother
• माता: कर्तृ (उपमान-वाक्ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: कर्म (उपमान-वाक्ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: as; just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सिचा: do not sprinkle/bedew
• सिचा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच्

• अभ्येनम्: upon/against him (this one)
• अभ्येनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अभि + एनम् (एनद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूमे: O Earth
• भूमे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्णुहि: cover; wrap over
• ऊर्णुहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऊर्णु (√वृ/वॄ with उर्-णु- causative-like present; traditional: ऊर्णु- ‘to cover’)

Attribution

Rishi: As in the surrounding Bhūmi/Vāstu complex (late Atharvanic attribution varies).

Devata: Bhūmi/Pṛthivī as maternal guardian

Chandas: Mixed late-Vedic cadence; likely Triṣṭubh influence (confirm by metrical count).

Mantra Rasa

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