Mantra 1

Sukta 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दीर्घायुः। नव प्राणान् नवभिः सं मिमीते दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय । हरिते त्रीणि रजते त्रीण्ययसि त्रीणि तपसाविष्ठितानि

IAST Transliteration

dīrghā́yuḥ | náva prāṇā́n navábhiḥ sáṃ mimīte dīrghāyutvā́ya śatáśāradāya | hárite trī́ṇi rajaté trī́ṇy áyasi trī́ṇi tápasā́viṣṭhitāni

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Long-life: nine vital breaths he measures out together with nine (supports), for long-livedness, for a hundred autumns. Three are in the yellow-green (metal), three in silver, three in iron—three established by heat (consecrating power).

Word by Word

• दीर्घायुः: long-lived (one); long life (as subject/benediction)
• दीर्घायुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घायु (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घ + आयुस्)

• नव: nine
• नव: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणान्: vital breaths; life-forces
• प्राणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• नवभिः: with nine
• नवभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• मिमीते: measures out; apportions; arranges
• मिमीते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मा (माने/मितौ) + सम्

• दीर्घायुत्वाय: for long-livedness; for long life
• दीर्घायुत्वाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घायुत्व (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घायु + त्व)

• शतशारदाय: for (a life) of a hundred autumns (years)
• शतशारदाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतशारद (प्रातिपदिक; शत + शारद)

• हरिते: two green (ones)
• हरिते: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• रजते: two silvery (ones)
• रजते: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रजत (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• अयसि: in iron; in the iron (vessel/implement)
• अयसि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयस (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• तपसा: by heat; by austerity/ardor
• तपसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अविष्ठितानि: set/placed; established
• अविष्ठितानि: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: अव-√स्था (धातु) → अविष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition (Āyuṣya corpus)

Devata: Dīrghāyuḥ (personified Long-life) / Prāṇa as operative power

Chandas: Mixed; second hemistich tends toward Jagatī-like expansion, but transmitted as Atharvanic long-life verse

Mantra Rasa

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