Mantra 1

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वर्चः प्राप्तिः। हस्तिवर्चसं प्रथतां बृहद् यशो अदित्या यत् तन्वः संबभूव । तत् सर्वे समदुर्मह्यमेतद् विश्वे देवा अदितिः सजोषाः

IAST Transliteration

hastivarcásaṁ práthatāṁ bṛhád yáśo adítyā yát tanvàḥ sambabhū́va | tát sárve sám adur máhy am étád víśve devā́ adítiḥ sajóṣāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let elephant-splendour spread abroad—great glory—(that splendour) of Aditi which was born forth from the body. That very power, may all (the gods) together bestow on me in greatness—this (power)—all the Gods, and Aditi, in one accord.

Word by Word

• हस्तिवर्चसम्: elephant-like splendor/strength (as an object to be spread/extended)
• हस्तिवर्चसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हस्ति-वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रथताम्: let it spread/expand
• प्रथताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रथ् (प्रथँ विस्तारे)

• बृहत्: great, vast
• बृहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक; √बृह् ‘to grow’ से)

• यशः: fame, glory
• यशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदित्या: from Aditi
• अदित्या: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तन्वः: of (one’s) body/self
• तन्वः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्बभूव: has arisen/has come to be
• सम्बभूव: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √भू (भू सत्तायाम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अदुः: they ate/consumed
• अदुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अद् (अदँ भक्षणे)

• महि: greatly, mightily
• महि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि (अव्यय; ‘greatly’)

• अमेतत्: this (very)
• अमेतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अम् + एतत् (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक) / वेदिक संधि-रूप

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदितिः: Aditi
• अदितिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सजोषाः: in concord, of one accord
• सजोषाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-जोṣस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘joṣa’ = pleasure/accord)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution varies; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type vārchas hymn)

Devata: Aditi; Viśve Devāḥ (corporate deities) as bestowers of splendour

Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Triṣṭubh-like cadence in this hymn (edition-dependent scansion)

Mantra Rasa

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