Mantra 6

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तदस्तु मित्रावरुणा तदग्ने शं योरस्मभ्यमिदमस्तु शस्तम्। अशीमहि गाधमुत प्रतिष्ठां नमो दिवे बृहते सादनाय

IAST Transliteration

tád astu mitrā́varuṇā tád agne śáṃ yór asmábhyam idám astu śastám | aśī́mahi gādhám utá pratiṣṭhā́ṃ námo divé bṛhaté sā́danāya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

So be it, Mitra-Varuṇa; so, Agni: let this be for us weal and welfare, a thing well approved. May we attain firm footing and establishment. Homage to lofty Heaven, the mighty Seat.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (this desired thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• मित्रावरुणा: O Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणा: —
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: मित्रावरुण (समास-प्रातिपदिक; मित्र + वरुण)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well-being, auspiciously
• शम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• यः: who/which
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• शस्तम्: praiseworthy, excellent
• शस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √शंस् ‘to praise’ → शस्त ‘praised/commendable’)

• अशीमहि: we attain / may we obtain
• अशीमहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु; ‘to attain/obtain’)

• गाधम्: firm footing, depth/support
• गाधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाध (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)

• प्रतिष्ठाम्: establishment, stable position
• प्रतिष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: —
• Type: Noun (indeclinable-like in usage)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवे: to heaven
• दिवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहते: great, lofty
• बृहते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• सादनाय: to the seat/abode (dwelling)
• सादनाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सादन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘seat/abode’)

Attribution

Rishi: Anonymous (benedictory)

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa; Agni; Dyauḥ (Heaven) as great seat

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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