Mantra 6
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अभि त्वा वर्चसासिचन्नापो दिव्याः पयस्वतीः । यथासो मित्रवर्धनस्तथा त्वा सविता करत्
IAST Transliteration
abhí tvā várcasā́sican nā́po divyā́ḥ páyasvatīḥ | yáthā́so mitrá-vardhanás táthā tvā savitā́ karat
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Upon thee the heavenly Waters, rich in nourishing sap, have sprinkled lustre: as thou art a furtherer of friends, so may Savitar fashion thee (ever) thus.
Word by Word
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वाyou (object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वर्चसाwith radiance/splendour
वर्चसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
असिचन्they sprinkled/anointed
असिचन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसिच् (सिञ्चति)
आपःthe waters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक) बहुवचन-स्त्री
दिव्याःheavenly, divine
दिव्याः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
पयस्वतीःrich in milk/juice, nourishing
पयस्वतीः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपयस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
असःhe
असः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रवर्धनःthe increaser of friendship (friendship-enhancer)
मित्रवर्धनः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमित्र-वर्धन (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
तथाso, in that same way
तथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
त्वाyou (object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सविताSavitar (the impeller, Sun-god)
सविता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
करत्may he make/did make
करत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करोति)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not uniformly fixed)
Devata: Āpaḥ and Savitar (secondary)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with Atharvanic irregularities)
Mantra Rasa
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