Mantra 3

Sukta 67

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बुध्येम शरदः शतम्

IAST Transliteration

budhyéma śarádaḥ śatám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May we awake (and be aware) through a hundred autumns.

Word by Word

• बुध्येम: may we awaken / may we become aware
• बुध्येम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बुध् (बोधने)

• शरदः: autumns; years
• शरदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिकम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (formulaic series)

Devata: Āyus with Buddhi/Prabodha as functional focus (implicit)

Chandas: Short benedictive formula (refrain-like)

Mantra Rasa

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