Mantra 8
Sukta 17
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सीते वन्दामहे त्वार्वाची सुभगे भव । यथा नः सुमना असो यथा नः सुफला भुवः
IAST Transliteration
sī́te vandāmahe tvā́rvā́cī subhage bhava | yáthā naḥ su-mánā́ ásō yáthā naḥ su-phalā́ bhúvaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O Sītā, we reverence thee: turn hitherward; be thou of happy portion. So mayest thou be kindly-minded toward us; so mayest thou become for us of goodly fruit.
Word by Word
सीतेO Sītā (Furrow/field-goddess)
सीते:
सम्बोधन (address; outside kāraka set)
TypeNoun (addressed deity/earth as furrow)
Rootसीता (प्रातिपदिक) < √सि/√शि (शीतल-भूमि/सीत-भूमि; परम्परागत नाम)
वन्दामहेwe worship / we salute
वन्दामहे:
क्रिया (we perform)
TypeVerb
Root√वन्द् (वन्दना/स्तुति)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक (सर्वनाम)
अर्वाचीturned toward us / facing this way
अर्वाची:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of the addressed one)
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्वाच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अर्वाक्’ = इदानीं/अधो/अस्मद्-दिशि)
सुभगेO fortunate one
सुभगे:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeAdjective (used in address)
Rootसुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
भवbe / become
भव:
क्रिया (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (सत्तायाम्)
यथाso that / as
यथा:
सम्बन्ध/उपपद (clausal linker: ‘so that/as’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक (सर्वनाम)
सुमनाःkind-minded / gracious
सुमनाः:
कर्तृ (predicate adjective to implied subject ‘त्वम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुमनस् (प्रातिपदिक; सु+मनस्)
असःmay you be
असः:
क्रिया (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (अस्ति)
यथाso that / as
यथा:
सम्बन्ध/उपपद (clausal linker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक (सर्वनाम)
सुफलाrich in fruit / yielding well
सुफला:
कर्तृ (predicate adjective to implied subject ‘त्वम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुफल (प्रातिपदिक; सु+फल)
भुवःmay you be / become
भुवः:
क्रिया (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (सत्तायाम्)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Sītā (Furrow)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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