Mantra 9

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋतून् यज ऋतुपतीनार्तवानुत हायनान्। समाः संवत्सरान् मासान् भूतस्य पतये यजे

IAST Transliteration

ṛtū́n yaja ṛtupátīn ārtavā́n utá hāyanā́n | samā́ḥ saṃvatsarā́n mā́sān bhūtásya pátaye yaje

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Worship the Seasons; worship the Lords of Seasons, the seasonal portions, and the yearly rounds. The years, the full cycles, the months—to the Lord of Being I offer worship.

Word by Word

• ऋतून्: the seasons
• ऋतून्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज: worship / sacrifice to
• यज: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)

• ऋतुपतीन्: the lords of the seasons
• ऋतुपतीन्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु-पति- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• आर्तवान्: the seasonal (periods/ones)
• आर्तवान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: आर्तव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and / also
• उत: (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• हा॒य॒नान्: the years
• हा॒य॒नान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हायन- (प्रातिपदिक)

• समाः: the years (as ‘samas’)
• समाः: कर्म (यज्-क्रियायाः समुच्चित-वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम- / समा- (प्रातिपदिक)

• संवत्सरान्: the year-cycles
• संवत्सरान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मासान्: the months
• मासान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास- (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतस्य: of what has become / of the existent (being)
• भूतस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत- (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; भू + क्त)

• पतये: to the lord
• पतये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजे: I worship / I sacrifice
• यजे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in provided excerpt)

Devata: Bhūtasya Pati (Lord of Being; often Prajāpati/Kāla), with subordinate time-powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (list style; metrical regularity varies by recension/edition)

Mantra Rasa

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