Mantra 6

Sukta 109

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

संवसव इति वो नामधेयमुग्रंपश्या राष्ट्रभृतो ह्य१क्षाः । तेभ्यो व इन्दवो हविषा विधेम वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम्

IAST Transliteration

saṁvásava íti vo nāmadhéyam ugráṁpaśyā rāṣṭrabhṛ́to hí akṣā́ḥ | tébhyo va indavo havíṣā vidhéma vayáṁ syā́ma pátayo rayīṇā́m ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Samvasavas’—thus is your name, ye fierce-seeing dice, for ye are indeed upholders of the realm. To you, O bright drops, with oblation would we do worship: may we be lords of riches.

Word by Word

संवसवः(हे) संवसवः—सहवासी/समूह (नाम से संबोधित)

इति‘ऐसा’/‘इस प्रकार’

वःतुम्हारा/आपका

नामधेयम्नाम/अभिधान

उग्रम्उग्र/प्रचण्ड

पश्याःदेखो/निहारो

राष्ट्रभृतःराज्य को धारण/सम्भालने वाले

हिक्योंकि/निश्चय ही

अक्षाःपासे/अक्ष (dice)

तेभ्यःउनको/उनके लिए

वःतुम्हारे

इन्दवःसोम-बिन्दु/इन्दु (सोमरस)

हविषाहवि/आहुति द्वारा

विधेमहम अर्पित करें/विधिपूर्वक करें

वयम्हम

स्यामहोएँ/हो सकें

पतयःस्वामी/अधिपति

रयीणाम्धनों/सम्पत्तियों का

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution (traditional)

Devata: Akṣas (dice) as personified powers; oblation-drops (indavaḥ) as ritual medium

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable; verify by scansion)

Mantra Rasa

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