Mantra 7

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तिस्रो देवीर्महि नः शर्म यछत प्रजायै नस्तन्वे३यच्च पुष्टम्। मा हास्महि प्रजया मा तनूभिर्मा रधाम द्विषते सोम राजन्

IAST Transliteration

tísro devī́r máhi naḥ śárma yachata prajā́yai nas tanvé yác ca púṣṭam | mā́ hā́smahi prajā́yā mā́ tanū́bhir mā́ radhāma dvíṣate sóma rājan ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Three Goddesses—grant us mighty shelter, for our progeny, for our body, and what is nourishment besides. Let us not be bereft of offspring, nor of our persons; let us not be delivered over to the hater, O Soma, King.

Word by Word

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवीः: goddesses
• देवीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• महि: greatly, abundantly
• महि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि (अव्यय)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्म: shelter, protection, comfort
• शर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यच्छत: grant (you all)!
• यच्छत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (यच्छति)

• प्रजायै: for offspring
• प्रजायै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तन्वे: for (our) body/person
• तन्वे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• च: and
• च: (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• पुष्टम्: nourishment, prosperity
• पुष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पुष्टि / पुष्ट (पुष्-धातु से निष्पन्न, प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• हा: indeed (emphatic particle with prohibition)
• हा: (निषेध-बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय; निषेध/सम्बोधन-प्रयोगेषु)

• अस्महि: may we be / let us be
• अस्महि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (अस्मि)

• प्रजया: with offspring
• प्रजया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• तनूभिः: with bodies/persons
• तनूभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• रधाम: may we fall into (harm)/be subject to
• रधाम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: राध् (राध्नोति/राधयति)

• द्विषते: to the hater, to the hostile one
• द्विषते: Sampradāna
• Type: Kṛdanta (present participle used substantively)
• Root: द्विष् (द्वेष्टि)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Tisraḥ Devīḥ (three goddesses) and Soma Rājan

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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