Mantra 4

Sukta 67

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रोहेम शरदः शतम्

IAST Transliteration

rohéma śarádaḥ śatám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May we grow for a hundred autumns.

Word by Word

• रोहेम: may we live/attain (rise)
• रोहेम: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (रुहँ) / प्र-रुह् ‘to grow, to ascend; to live/attain’

• शरदः: (for) years / autumn-seasons
• शरदः: अधिकारण (काल-अधिकारण/अवधि-निर्देशः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘autumn; year’

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: विशेषणम् (काल-अवधि-निर्देशे)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) ‘hundred’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (formulaic series)

Devata: Puṣṭi/Āyus (implicit)

Chandas: Short benedictive formula (refrain-like)

Mantra Rasa

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