Mantra 2

Sukta 55

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ग्रीष्मो हेमन्तः शिशिरो वसन्तः शरद् वर्षाः स्विते नो दधात । आ नो गोषु भजता प्रजायां निवात इद् वः शरणे स्याम

IAST Transliteration

grīṣmó hémantaḥ śiśiró vasantáḥ śarád varṣā́ḥ svité no dadhāta | ā́ no góṣu bhajata prajā́yāṃ nivā́ta íd vaḥ śaráṇe syāma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Summer and Winter, Cold-season and Spring, Autumn and the Rains—graciously bestow on us (your gifts). Deal out to us among cattle, deal out in progeny; in your windless shelter, yea, in refuge may we abide.

Word by Word

• ग्रीष्मः: summer
• ग्रीष्मः: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• हेमन्तः: winter (hemanta)
• हेमन्तः: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेमन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिशिरः: cold season (śiśira)
• शिशिरः: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशिर (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसन्तः: spring
• वसन्तः: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• शरद्: autumn
• शरद्: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्षाः: rains / rainy seasons
• वर्षाः: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षा (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्विते: indeed, surely
• स्विते: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वित् (अव्यय)

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

• दधात: may they place, bestow
• दधात: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: us
• नः: कर्म (us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गोषु: among/in cattle
• गोषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• भजता: share out, apportion (to us)
• भजता: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)

• प्रजायाम्: in offspring, in progeny
• प्रजायाम्: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• निवाते: in a windless/sheltered place
• निवाते: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवात (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: just, indeed
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्/इद् (निपात)

• वः: of you, your
• वः: सम्बन्ध (your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शरणे: in (your) shelter/refuge
• शरणे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (per Anukramaṇī for AV 6.55).

Devata: Ṛtavaḥ (Seasons) / seasonal deities as personified powers

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like (probable; confirm by metrical count)

Mantra Rasa

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