Mantra 2

Sukta 48

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ता अर्षन्ति शुभ्रियः पृञ्चन्तीर्वर्चसा प्रियः । जातं जात्रीर्यथा हृदा

IAST Transliteration

tā́ arṣanti śubhríyaḥ pṛ́ñcantīr várcasā priyáḥ | jātáṃ jātrī́r yáthā hṛdā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those bright ones stream forth, blending the dear man with splendour, as birth-mothers [cherish] the newborn with the heart.

Word by Word

• ताः: those (fem.), they
• ताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्षन्ति: they flow / rush / stream
• अर्षन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष् (गत्यर्थ/स्रवणार्थ) धातु

• शुभ्रियः: bright (ones), shining (fem.)
• शुभ्रियः: कर्तृ (ताः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शुभ्रि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शुभ्र’/‘शुभ्रि’ = bright, shining)

• पृञ्चन्तीः: mixing / anointing / sprinkling (them)
• पृञ्चन्तीः: कर्म (अर्षन्ति इत्यस्य कर्मरूपेण; ‘whom they…’)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: पृच् (संयोग/मिश्रण/लेपन) धातु

• वर्चसा: with radiance / vigor / splendor
• वर्चसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियः: dear, beloved
• प्रियः: कर्तृ (अर्षन्ति इत्यस्य कर्तृ; ‘the dear ones’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातम्: born; that which is produced
• जातम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: जन् (प्रादुर्भावे) धातु → जात- (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)

• जात्र्यः: birth-bringing (women/agents); producers
• जात्र्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: जात्रि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जात्रि’ = birth/producing; also ‘midwife’ in later usage)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: (सम्बन्ध/उपमान-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• हृदा: with the heart; by the heart
• हृदा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: As per RV source-attribution underlying AV 20 material (often Angiras/Atharvanic transmission).

Devata: Várchas / auspicious speech-powers (gíraḥ) as agents.

Chandas: RV-derived meter (likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī; confirm by syllable count in source).

Mantra Rasa

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