Mantra 4

Sukta 74

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

व्रतेन त्वं व्रतपते समक्तो विश्वाहा सुमना दीदिहीह। तं त्वा वयं जातवेदः समिद्धं प्रजावन्त उप सदेम सर्वे

IAST Transliteration

vraténa tváṃ vratapate sámaktaḥ viśvā́hā sumánā dīdihī́ha | táṃ tvā vayáṃ jātavedáḥ sámiddhaṃ prajā́vanta úpa sadema sárve ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By observance, O Lord of vows, well-prepared, shine here each day with gracious mind. Thee, O Jātavedas, when kindled, may we all, possessed of offspring, draw near and sit beside.

Word by Word

• व्रतेन: by/with the vow (observance)
• व्रतेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• व्रतपते: O lord of the vow
• व्रतपते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतपति (समास-प्रातिपदिक: व्रत + पति)

• समक्तः: anointed, well-smeared
• समक्तः: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / Predicative
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम् + अञ्ज् (धातु) → समक्त (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/क्त)

• विश्वाहा: all day / every day
• विश्वाहा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्व + अहन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभाव)

• सुमनाः: kind-minded, gracious
• सुमनाः: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दीदिहि: shine! blaze!
• दीदिहि: (आह्वान) क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीदिहि (धातु: √दीप्/√दिह् वैदिक-रूप; आज्ञार्थ)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni, knower of births)
• जातवेदः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेषण)

• समिद्धम्: kindled, well-lit
• समिद्धम्: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम् + इन्ध् (धातु) → समिद्ध (कृदन्त, क्त)

• प्रजावन्तः: possessing offspring
• प्रजावन्तः: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: उप

• सदेम: may we sit/attend (upon), may we approach
• सदेम: (आशय/इच्छा) क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + √सद् (धातु) → सदेम

• सर्वे: all (of us)
• सर्वे: Kartā (समूह-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt).

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas), as vratapati.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like length (longer pādas than anuṣṭubh; exact scansion requires full phonetic resolution).

Mantra Rasa

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