Mantra 10
Sukta 128
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
परिवृक्ता च महिषी स्वस्त्या च युधिंगमः । अनाशुरश्चायामी तोता कल्पेषु संमिता
IAST Transliteration
parivṛktā ca mahíṣī svastyā ca yudhíṅgamaḥ | anāśuráś cāyāmī totā kálpeṣu saṃmítā ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Chosen and installed is the queen; with welfare, and one that goes to battle; unperishing—Chāyāmī; Tota, in the ritual ordinances, is duly measured and set.
Word by Word
परिवृक्ताturned/rolled around; encircling
परिवृक्ता:
Kartā (as a nominative qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootपरि-√वृत् (वर्तते) → क्त (PPP) / प्रातिपदिक: परिवृक्त-
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
महिषीqueen; chief wife
महिषी:
Kartā (main nominative subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमहिषी (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वस्त्याwith welfare; auspiciously
स्वस्त्या:
Karaṇa (means/manner: ‘with/through well-being’)
TypeNoun (instrumental of manner)
Rootस्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
युधिंगमःbattle-goer; one who goes to battle
युधिंगमः:
Kartā (coordinated nominative/epithet)
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound used as epithet)
Rootयुधि-गम (समास/प्रातिपदिक: युधि ‘in battle’ + गम ‘going’)
अनाशुःnot swift; unhurried
अनाशुः:
Kartā (nominative epithet)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनाशु (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्चायामीunshaded; without shadow/shelter
अश्चायामी:
Kartā (nominative epithet)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-छायामि (प्रातिपदिक/विशेषण; lit. ‘without shade’)
तोता‘tota’ (unclear; possibly a proper/technical term)
तोता:
Kartā (nominative epithet)
TypeNoun (lexeme uncertain)
Rootतोत (प्रातिपदिक; uncertain/rare AV word)
कल्पेषुin the rites; in the preparations/arrangements
कल्पेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘in the rites/arrangements’)
TypeNoun
Rootकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
संमिताmeasured; duly arranged; well-fitted
संमिता:
Kartā (nominative qualifier; agrees with a feminine subject such as महिषी/implicit स्त्री)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootसम्-√मा (मिमीते) → क्त (PPP) / प्रातिपदिक: संमित-
Attribution
Rishi: Uncertain/late AV layer (Book 20).
Devata: Svasti (welfare) and protective durability; implicitly royal fortune.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.
Mantra Rasa
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