Mantra 8

Sukta 67

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भूयसीः शरदः शतात्

IAST Transliteration

bhūyásīḥ śarádaḥ śatā́t

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mayest thou be greater than a hundred autumns (may thy years exceed the hundred).

Word by Word

• भूयसीः: more; greater (fem. pl.)
• भूयसीः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृसम्बन्धः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक; भूरि/बहु-तुल्य ‘अधिक’)

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

• शतात्: from a hundred
• शतात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous.

Devata: Āyus (implicit).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like short formula.

Mantra Rasa

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