Mantra 2

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सत्तो होता न ऋत्वियस्तिस्तिरे बर्हिरानुषक्। अयुज्रन् प्रातरद्रयः

IAST Transliteration

sattó hótā na ṛtviyás tistiré bárhir ānuṣák | áyujran prā́tar ádrayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Seated, the Hotar, like the duly-seasoned priests, have in ordered course strewn the Barhis; and in the morning the pressing-stones have been yoked to their work.

Word by Word

• सत्तः: being/true; seated/established
• सत्तः: Kartā (होता-सम्बद्धः)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सद् (धातु) → सत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
• होता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हु (धातु) → होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• ऋत्वियः: the ṛtvij-priests (seasonal/ritual priests)
• ऋत्वियः: Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विय (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिस्तिरे: they have spread/laid out
• तिस्तिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तॄ (धातु; स्तृणाति/स्तृ) → तिस्तिरे

• बर्हिः: the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुषक्: in due order; successively/along
• अनुषक्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुषक् (अव्यय)

• अयुज्रन्: they yoked/they joined
• अयुज्रन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु) → अ-युज्रन्

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikaraṇa (कालः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)

• अद्रयः: the pressing-stones (for Soma)
• अद्रयः: Kartā (अयुज्रन्-सम्बद्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic provenance (Indra-soma liturgical tradition); in AV 20 typically attributed to the RV seers of the source hymn (needs padapāṭha-anukramaṇī confirmation).

Devata: Indra (contextual), with Soma-pressing apparatus as ritual agents

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagati-type RV liturgical cadence (exact meter requires syllable count by pada; AV 20 often preserves RV meters)

Mantra Rasa

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