Mantra 2

Sukta 138

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रजामृतस्य पिप्रतः प्र यद्भरन्त वह्नयः । विप्रा ऋतस्य वाहसा

IAST Transliteration

prajā́m ṛtásya píp rataḥ prá yád bháranta váhnayaḥ | víprā ṛtásya vā́hasā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They fill the progeny of Order, when forth the bearers bring it: the inspired priests, by Order’s carrying-power.

Word by Word

• प्रजाम्: offspring, progeny
• प्रजाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्र-√जन्) / प्रजाः (स्त्री)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (नपुं)

• पिप्रतः: they nourish / they fill
• पिप्रतः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ/पॢ (पिपर्ति ‘to fill, nourish, strengthen’)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• यत्: what (that which)
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• भरन्त: they bring / they bear
• भरन्त: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (to bear, bring)

• वह्नयः: the bearers / carriers (vahnis)
• वह्नयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (पुं) ‘carrier, fire/priest’

• विप्राः: the seers, inspired poets
• विप्राः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (पुं) ‘inspired sage’

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (नपुं)

• वाहसा: by/with the conveying power (as an instrument)
• वाहसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहस (नपुं/पुं) ‘vehicle, conveying power; means of carrying’

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived; likely Kāṇva-associated cluster; requires anukramaṇī verification.

Devata: Primarily Indra/Soma-sacrificial order (ṛta) as operative principle; priests/fires as agents

Chandas: RV meter; requires scan.

Mantra Rasa

{"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"vira","emotional_arc":"From ordered movement (‘they bring forth’) to settled assurance (‘filled progeny’).","listener_experience":"A calm sense of rightness with a subtle surge of confidence in procedure.","intensity":4}