Mantra 4
Sukta 60
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उपहूता भूरिधनाः सखायः स्वादुसंमुदः । अक्षुध्या अतृष्या स्त गृहा मास्मद् बिभीतन
IAST Transliteration
upahūtā́ bhū́ridhānāḥ sákhāyaḥ svādúsaṃmudaḥ | ákṣudhyā́ atŕ̥ṣyā stá gṛhā́ mā́smád bibhītana ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Invoked hither, wealthy, friendly, of sweet rejoicing—be ye unhungry, unthirsting, O houses; be not afraid of us.
Word by Word
उप॑हूताःinv_toggle invited, called near
उप॑हूताः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Rootउप-√ह्वा (आह्वाने) / उपहूत (PPP)
भूरिधनाःhaving much wealth
भूरिधनाः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootभूरि-धन (प्रातिपदिकम्)
सखायःfriends
सखायः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिकम्)
स्वादुसंमुदःof sweet delight / bringing pleasant joy
स्वादुसंमुदः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वादु-संमुद् (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘pleasant/agreeable joy’)
अक्षुध्याःnot hungry
अक्षुध्याः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-क्षुध्य (प्रातिपदिकम्; neg. of ‘hungry’)
अतृष्याःnot thirsty
अतृष्याः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-तृष्य (प्रातिपदिकम्; neg. of ‘thirsty’)
स्तbe (you all)!
स्त:
(verbal predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु; ‘to be’) — imperative form
गृहाःhouses, homes
गृहाः:
Adhikaraṇa (goal/location: ‘in/at the houses’ in sense)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिकम्)
माdo not
मा:
(prohibition marker)
TypeIndeclinable (prohibitive particle)
Rootमा (निषेध)
अस्मत्of us, our
अस्मत्:
Sambandha (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)
बिभीतनfear (you all)
बिभीतन:
(verbal predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√भी (भये) — desiderative/reduplicated present stem बिभी-
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic domestic seer-tradition
Devata: Gṛhāḥ (Houses), with implicit apotropaic forces against Kṣudh/Tṛṣ
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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