Mantra 7

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विश्वकर्माणं ते सप्तऋषिवन्तमृच्छन्तु । ये माघायव उदीच्या दिशोऽभिदासात्

IAST Transliteration

viśvákarmāṇaṃ te saptar̥ṣívantam r̥cchantu | yé māghāyáva udī́cyā diśó’bhidā́sāt |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To thee may they resort—Viśvakarman attended by the Seven Seers—against those Māghāyus who press assault from the northern quarter.

Word by Word

• विश्वकर्माणम्: Viśvakarman (the All-maker), as object
• विश्वकर्माणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) < विश्व + कर्मन्

• ते: they
• ते: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Numeral (adjective)
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषिवन्तम्: accompanied by/possessing ṛṣis
• ऋषिवन्तम्: कर्म (विश्वकर्माणम् इति विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋषिवन्त् (प्रातिपदिक) < ऋषि + वन्त्

• ऋच्छन्तु: let (them) reach/approach
• ऋच्छन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (धातु) ‘गच्छति/प्राप्नोति’

• ये: who
• ये: कर्तृ
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• माघायवः: the Māghāyus (people associated with Māghā)
• माघायवः: कर्तृ (ये इति विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun (tribal/people-name) / adjective
• Root: माघायू (प्रातिपदिक) < माघा (नक्षत्र) + आयु/अयु (समास/व्युत्पत्ति अनिश्चित)

• उदीच्याः: northern
• उदीच्याः: अधिकारण (दिशः इति स्थान/दिक्-निर्देशः)
• Type: Adjective (directional)
• Root: उदीच्य (प्रातिपदिक) < उद् + अञ्च् (दिशा-विशेषण)

• दिशः: directions/quarters
• दिशः: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards/against
• अभि: क्रियाविशेषण (उपसर्गः)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दासात्: from the Dāsa (enemy/outsider)
• दासात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/collective in late book 19); associated with protective enumerations of quarters

Devata: Viśvakarman (with Saptar̥ṣi entourage)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late Atharvanic; mixed/irregular in book 19)

Mantra Rasa

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