Mantra 10

Sukta 20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गोसनिं वाचमुदेयं वर्चसा माभ्युदिहि । आ रुन्धां सर्वतो वायुस्त्वष्टा पोषं दधातु मे

IAST Transliteration

gósanim vā́cam udéyam várcasā mā́bhyúdihi | ā́ rundhāṃ sárvato vāyús tváṣṭā póṣaṃ dadhātu me

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A cow-winning speech may I send forth; with splendour shine thou upon me. From every side let Vāyu enclose (and guard); let Tvaṣṭṛ set nourishment upon me.

Word by Word

• गोसनिम्: cattle-winning (prosperity-giving)
• गोसनिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो- + सनि (प्रातिपदिक) / गोसनि-

• वाचम्: speech, utterance
• वाचम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक) / वाक्

• उदेयम्: may I rise/utter (forth)
• उदेयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (इण्) + उद्- (उपसर्ग) ; विधिलिङ् 1sg (आत्मनेपद) रूपम्

• वर्चसा: with brilliance, with splendor
• वर्चसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• अभ्युदिहि: do not smear/cover over (me); do not obscure
• अभ्युदिहि: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दिह् (लेपने) + अभि- + उद्- (उपसर्गौ) ; लोट् 2sg

• आ: towards; completely
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रुन्धाम्: let (him/it) restrain; let (him/it) block
• रुन्धाम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुध् (आवरणे/निरोधे) ; लोट् 3sg (परस्मैपद) रूपम्

• सर्वतः: from all sides; on every side
• सर्वतः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय)

• वायुः: Wind (Vāyu)
• वायुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
• त्वष्टा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पोषम्: nourishment; prosperity
• पोषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पोष (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधातु: let (him) place/grant
• दधातु: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे) ; लोट् 3sg

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa stream (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Vāc (efficacious speech), Varchas (splendour), Vāyu, Tvaṣṭṛ

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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