Mantra 2
Sukta 26
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
प्रतिष्ठे ह्यभवत वसूनां प्रवृद्धे देवी सुभगे उरूची । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतमंहसः
IAST Transliteration
pratíṣṭhe hí abhavata vásūnām právr̥ddhe devī́ subháge urū́cī | dyā́vāpṛthivī́ bhavatam me syóne té no muñcatám áṃhasaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
For ye have been the firm foundation of riches—ye two goddesses, grown great, fortunate, far-radiant. O Heaven and Earth, be to me a kindly refuge: from anguish and sin do ye release us.
Word by Word
प्रतिष्ठेO foundation / O firm support
प्रतिष्ठे:
सम्बोधन (address) / (प्रयोगे) अधिकरण-भावः
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिष्ठा (प्रति-√स्था) (प्रातिपदिक) / प्रतिष्ठा-
हिindeed / for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात) / hi
अभवत्became / came to be
अभवत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
वसूनाम्of the Vasus / of the good ones (wealth-givers)
वसूनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु- (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रवृद्धेO greatly grown / O increased
प्रवृद्धे:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रवृद्ध (प्र-√वृध्, क्त) (प्रातिपदिक)
देविO goddess
देवि:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी- (प्रातिपदिक)
सुभगेO fortunate one
सुभगे:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootसुभग- (सु-भग) (प्रातिपदिक)
उरूचीO wide-shining / far-radiant one
उरूची:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootउरूची- (उरु- + √उच्/उच् ‘to shine’, स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
द्यावापृथिवीHeaven-and-Earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
कर्तृ (of the following verb)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यावा-पृथिवी (समास: द्वन्द्व) (प्रातिपदिक)
भवतम्be (you two) / become
भवतम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
मेmy / for me
मे:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
स्योनेO kindly / gracious / comfortable ones
स्योने:
सम्बोधन (address to the pair as ‘O kindly ones’)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्योन- (प्रातिपदिक)
तेthose two / you two
ते:
कर्तृ (of the following verb)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
नःus
नः:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मुञ्चतम्release (you two)
मुञ्चतम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (मुञ्चति)
अंहसःfrom distress / sin / trouble
अंहसः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous)
Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like
Mantra Rasa
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