Mantra 1

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

राष्ट्रम्। येन देवं सवितारं परि देवा अधारयन्। तेनेमं ब्रह्मणस्पते परि राष्ट्राय धत्तन

IAST Transliteration

rā́ṣṭram | yéna deváṃ savitā́raṃ pári devā́ adhā́rayan | ténémaṃ brahmaṇas-pate pári rāṣṭrā́ya dhattana

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Realm: wherewith the Gods encompassed and upheld the god Savitṛ—therewith, O Lord of Prayer, encompass and set this man for the realm.

Word by Word

• राष्ट्रम्: kingdom, realm
• राष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• येन: by which (means)
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितारम्: Savitṛ (the impeller, Sun-god)
• सवितारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधारयन्: they placed, they established, they upheld
• अधारयन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु) < अ-धारयत् (causative/ṇij)

• तेन: by that (means)
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• ब्रह्मणस्पते: O Lord of prayer (Brahmaṇaspati)
• ब्रह्मणस्पते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: ब्रह्मणस्-पति (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around, on all sides
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• राष्ट्राय: for the kingdom/realm
• राष्ट्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• धत्तन: place (you all), bestow, establish
• धत्तन: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous

Devata: Brahmaṇaspati (Bṛhaspati); rāṣṭra as ritual object

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (late, flexible)

Mantra Rasa

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