Mantra 12

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अश्विना ब्रह्मणा यातमर्वाञ्चौ वषट्कारेण यज्ञं वर्धयतौ । बृहस्पते ब्रह्मणा याह्यर्वाङ् यज्ञो अयं स्वऽरिदं यजमानाय स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

aśvínā́ brahmaṇā́ yā́tam arvā́ñcau vaṣaṭkāréṇa yajñáṃ vardháyatāu | bṛ́haspate brahmaṇā́ yā́hy arvā́ṅ yajñó ayáṃ svàridaṃ yajámānāya svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Aśvins, by the might of sacred prayer come hitherward; with the Vaṣaṭ-call increase the sacrifice. O Bṛhaspati, by prayer come hitherward: this sacrifice is boon-bestowing for the sacrificer—svāhā.

Word by Word

• अश्विना: O/Ashvins (the two horsemen gods)
• अश्विना: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (dual deity-name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: with sacred utterance / with prayer
• ब्रह्मणा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यातम्: come (you two)!
• यातम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• अर्वाञ्चौ: turned hither / coming this way (you two)
• अर्वाञ्चौ: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वषट्कारॆण: with the vaṣaṭ-call
• वषट्कारॆण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वषट्कार (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: the sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्धयतौ: you two increase / make prosper
• वर्धयतौ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)

• बृहस्पते: O Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (deity-name)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: with sacred utterance / with prayer
• ब्रह्मणा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• याहि: come!
• याहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• अर्वाङ्: hitherward / facing this way
• अर्वाङ्: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (indeclinable-like nom. sg.)
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञः: the sacrifice
• यज्ञः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वरिदम्: granting good sound/voice; melodious; (interpretable as) well-voiced/auspicious
• स्वरिदम्: कर्तृ/कर्म (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वरिद (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजमानाय: for the sacrificer
• यजमानाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (offering-acclamation)
• स्वाहा: (यज्ञीय-उद्गारः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (invocatory formula; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Aśvins; Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted in AVŚ prose-verse style)

Mantra Rasa

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