Mantra 3

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मध्वा पृञ्चे नद्यः१ पर्वता गिरयो मधु । मधु परुष्णी शीपाला शमास्ने अस्तु शं हृदे

IAST Transliteration

mádhvā́ pṛ́ñce nadyáḥ párvatā giráyo mádhu | mádhu párūṣṇī śī́pālā śám āsné astu śáṃ hṛdé

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With honey-sweetness I besprinkle the rivers; the mountains, the hills—(all) honey. Honey is Paruṣṇī, honey is Śīpālā: let there be weal for the mouth, weal for the heart.

Word by Word

• मध्वा: with honey / by honey
• मध्वा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृञ्चे: I mix / I anoint
• पृञ्चे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पृच् (पृञ्चति ‘to mix, sprinkle, anoint’)

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिरयः: hills / mountains
• गिरयः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधु: honey; sweetness
• मधु: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधु: honey; sweetness
• मधु: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• परुष्णी: (the river) Paruṣṇī
• परुष्णी: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: परुष्णी (नदी-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)

• शीपाला: Śīpālā (a river/stream name)
• शीपाला: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: शीपाला (प्रातिपदिक; नदी/स्थान-नाम)

• शम्: well; auspiciously
• शम्: (क्रियाविशेषण/फलनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय; ‘well, auspiciously’)

• आस्ने: may you be / sit (be present)
• आस्ने: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु ‘to sit, to be’)

• अस्तु: let it be; may it be
• अस्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु ‘to be’)

• शम्: well; welfare
• शम्: (क्रियाविशेषण/फलनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• हृदे: for the heart
• हृदे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution varies by school)

Devata: Madhu (sweetness) and sacred Waters (Āpaḥ; named rivers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant Atharvanic cadence; mixed/irregular possible)

Mantra Rasa

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