Mantra 2

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मयि क्षत्रं पर्णमणे मयि धारयताद् रयिम्। अहं राष्ट्रस्याभीवर्गे निजो भूयासमुत्तमः

IAST Transliteration

máyi kṣatráṃ parṇamaṇe máyi dhārayatād rayím | aháṃ rāṣṭrásyābhīvargé nijó bhūyāsam uttamáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In me, O Parṇamaṇi, set thou royal might; in me uphold thou wealth. In the realm’s contention and concourse may I, as one rightful, become the highest.

Word by Word

• मयि: in me
• मयि: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक) → मयि

• क्षत्रम्: kṣatra; ruling power/sovereign might
• क्षत्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्णमणे: in/through (the amulet) Pārṇamaṇi
• पर्णमणे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun (proper/amulet-name)
• Root: पर्णमणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मयि: in me
• मयि: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक) → मयि

• धारयतात्: let (it) place/hold/support
• धारयतात्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु) धारयति (णिच् causative)

• रयिम्: wealth, riches
• रयिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• राष्ट्रस्य: of the realm/kingdom
• राष्ट्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभीवर्गे: in the onrush/assault; in the encounter (with foes)
• अभीवर्गे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीवर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• निजः: one’s own; native; belonging to oneself
• निजः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूयासम्: may I be/become
• भूयासम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• उत्तमः: the highest, best, foremost
• उत्तमः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvan/Āṅgirasa tradition (hymn to Parṇamaṇi; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Parṇamaṇi (personified amulet); indirectly kṣatra/śrī (royal power and fortune)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant)

Mantra Rasa

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