Mantra 6
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अद्याग्ने अद्य सवितरद्य देवि सरस्वति । अद्यास्य ब्रह्मणस्पते धनुरिवा तानया पसः
IAST Transliteration
adyā́gne adyá savitar adyá devi sarasvati | adyā́syá brahmaṇaspate dhánur iva tānaya pā́saḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
To-day, O Agni; to-day, O Savitar; to-day, O Goddess Sarasvatī—to-day, O Lord of Prayer, stretch forth for this one the noose, as one would draw a bow.
Word by Word
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambodhana (addressed deity)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
सवितःO Savitṛ
सवितः:
Sambodhana (addressed deity)
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
देविO Goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (addressed deity)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
सरस्वतिO Sarasvatī
सरस्वति:
Sambodhana (addressed deity)
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
अस्यof this (one/thing)
अस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मणस्पतेO Lord of prayer (Bṛhaspati)
ब्रह्मणस्पते:
Sambodhana (addressed deity)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मणस्-पति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
धनुःa bow
धनुः:
Upamāna/Prakāra (simile-base: ‘as a bow’)
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
(Upamā marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
तानयstretch!, draw (it) taut!
तानय:
Kriyā (imperative action)
TypeVerb
Rootतन् (धातु) → तानय (लोट्, मध्यम, एकवचन; वैदिक)
पसःnooses, bonds (fetters)
पसः:
Karma (object)
TypeNoun
Rootपस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पाश/फन्दा’ अर्थे) अथवा ‘पश्’ इत्यस्य वैदिक रूप (uncertain)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvan/Āṅgirasa (typical for coercive charms)
Devata: Agni, Savitar, Sarasvatī, Brahmaṇaspati (invoked as immediate enforcers)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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