Mantra 5

Sukta 39

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दिव्याऽदित्याय समनमन्त्स आर्ध्नोत्। यथा दिव्याऽदित्याय समनमन्नेवा मह्यं संनमः सं नमन्तु

IAST Transliteration

divyā́ ’dityā́ya sám anamant sá ā́rdhnot | yáthā divyā́ ’dityā́ya sám anamann evá máhyaṁ saṁnámaḥ sáṁ namantu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The heavenly ones bowed in unison to Āditya; thereby he attained success. As the heavenly ones bowed to Āditya, so, even thus, let acts of homage bow together unto me.

Word by Word

दिव्यायto the heavenly

आदित्यायto Āditya (the Sun)

सम्together, completely (as preverb)

अनमत्bowed, bent down

सःhe

आर्ध्नोत्attained, succeeded

यथाjust as

दिव्यायto the heavenly

आदित्यायto Āditya (the Sun)

सम्together, completely (as preverb)

अनमन्bowed (they bowed)

एवindeed, just so

मह्यम्to me

संनमः(my) reverent bowing / salutation

सम्together, completely (as preverb)

नमन्तुlet them bow / may they bend down

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (edition-dependent Anukramaṇī attribution).

Devata: Āditya (Sun) as exemplar of sovereignty; secondarily ‘saṁnamaḥ’ (homage) as an operative abstraction.

Chandas: Atharvanic mixed meter; largely anuṣṭubh-like cola with prose flexibility.

Mantra Rasa

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