Mantra 1

Sukta 60

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अङ्गानि। वाङ् म आसन् नसोः प्राणश्चक्षुरक्ष्णोः श्रोत्रं कर्णयोः । अपलिताः केशा अशोणा दन्ता बहु बाह्वोर्बलम्

IAST Transliteration

aṅgā́ni | vā́ṅ me āsan nasóḥ prāṇáś cákṣur akṣṇóḥ śrótraṃ kárṇayoḥ | apalitā́ḥ kéśā aśóṇā dántā bahú bāhvór bálam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let my members be in sound estate: let breath be in my nostrils, sight in mine eyes, hearing in mine ears; let my hairs be ungreyed, my teeth firm, and in mine arms abundant strength.

Word by Word

• अङ्गानि: limbs (members of the body)
• अङ्गानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• नसोः: of/in the two nostrils
• नसोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणः: breath, vital air
• प्राणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: eye, sight
• चक्षुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अक्ष्णोः: of/in the two eyes
• अक्ष्णोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोत्रम्: hearing, ear
• श्रोत्रम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्णयोः: of/in the two ears
• कर्णयोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपलिताः: not grey (un-greyed)
• अपलिताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपलित (प्रातिपदिक; a- + पलित)

• केशाः: hairs
• केशाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश (प्रातिपदिक)

• अशोणाः: not reddish (i.e., not discolored)
• अशोणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशोण (प्रातिपदिक; a- + शोण)

• दन्ताः: teeth
• दन्ताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• बहु: much, abundant
• बहु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• बाह्वोः: of/in the two arms
• बाह्वोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Āyuṣ/Prāṇa and the embodied faculties (functional deities of the body)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like benedictive cadence (late Atharvanic bodily litany; exact meter uncertain)

Mantra Rasa

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