Mantra 4

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सरस्वतीमनुमतिं भगं यन्तो हवामहे । वाचं जुष्टां मधुमतीमवादिषं देवानां देवहूतिषु

IAST Transliteration

sárasvatīm ánumatiṃ bhágaṃ yántaḥ havāmahe | vā́caṃ juṣṭā́ṃ mádhumatīm avādiṣaṃ devā́nāṃ deváhūtiṣu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sarasvatī, Anumatī, and Bhaga—approaching, we invoke. A speech, well-accepted, honey-fraught, have I uttered amid the gods’ invocations unto the Gods.

Word by Word

• सरस्वतीम्: Sarasvatī (the goddess)
• सरस्वतीम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक) < सरस् + वती

• अनुमतिम्: Anumatī (goddess of consent/assent)
• अनुमतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: अनुमति (प्रातिपदिक)

• भगम्: Bhaga (god of fortune/share)
• भगम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• यन्तः: going/approaching (we), as we go
• यन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: यत् (धातु) → यन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ)

• हवामहे: we invoke / we call upon
• हवामहे: क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे (धातु) ‘to call/invoke’

• वाचम्: speech, utterance
• वाचम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक) स्त्री

• जुष्टाम्: accepted, pleasing
• जुष्टाम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: जुष् (धातु) → जुष्ट (भूतकृदन्त/क्त)

• मधुमतीम्: honeyed, sweet
• मधुमतीम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) < मधु + मत्

• अवादिषम्: I spoke / I uttered
• अवादिषम्: क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) ‘to speak’ + अव- (उपसर्ग)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवहूतिषु: in the divine invocations/callings (rites of invoking the gods)
• देवहूतिषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवहूति (प्रातिपदिक) < देव + हूति (हू-धातु-निष्पन्ना ‘invocation/call’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed in the AV ancillary tradition to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers; exact r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Sarasvatī, Anumatī, Bhaga; and implicitly Vāc

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant AV narrative-ritual meter; this verse is anuṣṭubh-like in cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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