Mantra 5
Sukta 53
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
प्र विशतं प्राणापानावनड्वाहाविव व्रजम्। अयं जरिम्णः शेवधिररिष्ट इह वर्धताम्
IAST Transliteration
prá víśataṃ prāṇāpānāv anaḍvā́hāv iva vrajám | ayáṃ jarímṇaḥ śévadhir áriṣṭa ihá vardhatām ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Enter ye forth, O In-breath and Out-breath, as two draught-oxen enter the stall. Here may this treasure against wasting, unharmed, wax and prosper.
Word by Word
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
विशतम्enter (you two)!
विशतम्:
Kartā (addressed agents)
TypeVerb
Root√विश् (प्रवेशने)
प्राणापानौthe in-breath and out-breath
प्राणापानौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (prātipadika) + अपान (prātipadika)
अनड्वाहौ(two) draft-oxen
अनड्वाहौ:
Kartā (apposition to प्राणापानौ)
TypeNoun
Rootअनड्वाह् (prātipadika)
इवlike; as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
व्रजम्enclosure; pen; stall
व्रजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रज (prātipadika)
अयम्this (one/thing)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāman)
जरिम्णःof old age; of decrepitude
जरिम्णः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootजरिमन् (prātipadika)
शेवधिःtreasure; store; precious possession
शेवधिः:
Kartā (apposition to अयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootशेवधि (prātipadika)
अरिष्टःunharmed; uninjured; safe
अरिष्टः:
Kartā (qualifier of अयम्/शेवधिः)
TypeAdjective
Rootअरिष्ट (prātipadika)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
वर्धताम्let (him/it) grow; may it increase
वर्धताम्:
Kartā (subject = अयम्/शेवधिः)
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धने)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution for this verse not securely fixed across indices)
Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna (vital breaths)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
Mantra Rasa
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