Mantra 1

Sukta 52

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सांमनस्यम्। संज्ञानं नः स्वेभिः संज्ञानमरणेभिः । संज्ञानमश्विना युवमिहास्मासु नि यच्छतम्

IAST Transliteration

sāmmanasyám | saṁjñā́naṁ naḥ svébhíḥ saṁjñā́nam áraṇebhiḥ | saṁjñā́nam aśvinā yuvám ihā́smāsu ní yacchatam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Concord of mind: Grant us common understanding with our own; common understanding with strangers. O Aśvins, do ye here among us firmly establish common understanding.

Word by Word

• सामनस्यम्: oneness of mind; concord
• सामनस्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामनस्य (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + मनस् → सामनस्/सामनस्य ‘एकमनस्कता/एकचित्तता’)

• संज्ञानम्: mutual understanding; agreement
• संज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + √ज्ञा ‘जानना’ → संज्ञान ‘सम्यक्-ज्ञान/समझ/सहमति’)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वेभिः: with/among our own (people)
• स्वेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘स्व/अपना’)

• संज्ञानम्: mutual understanding
• संज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरणेभिः: with the fire-sticks (araṇis); with araṇis
• अरणेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरणि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अरणि’ = अग्निमन्थन-काष्ठ/अरणि-दण्ड; अथवा ‘अरण’ = वन/अरण्य-सम्बद्ध)

• संज्ञानम्: mutual understanding
• संज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (Divine Physicians)
• अश्विना: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ = दिव्य-चिकित्सकौ)

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• अस्मासु: among us; in us
• अस्मासु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; firmly (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यच्छतम्: bestow/establish (firmly)
• यच्छतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छ-; ‘नियच्छ-’ = रोकना/स्थापित करना/नियोजित करना)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (concord formula section)

Devata: The Aśvins (dual helpers) as establishers of concord

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with title/heading)

Mantra Rasa

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