Mantra 16

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् ते वासः परिधानं यां नीविं कृणुषे त्वम्। शिवं ते तन्वे३तत् कृण्मः संस्पर्शेऽद्रूक्ष्णमस्तु ते

IAST Transliteration

yát te vā́saḥ paridhā́naṃ yā́ṃ nīvíṃ kṛṇuṣé tvám | śiváṃ te tanvé̀tát kṛṇmáḥ saṃspárśe ’drū́kṣṇam astu te ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What garment of thine is for wearing, what girdle thou dost fasten on—this we appoint as gracious for thy body: in its very touch let it be to thee uninjuring.

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: कर्म (यत् = ‘which/that’ referring to वस्तु)
• Type: Pronoun/Relative
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यत् (सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वासः: garment, clothing
• वासः: कर्म (object referred to by यत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिधानम्: outer covering, what is worn
• परिधानम्: कर्म (apposition to वासः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिधान (प्रातिपदिक; परि-√धा ‘to put on’ से)

• याम्: which (f.)
• याम्: कर्म (object of कृणुषे)
• Type: Pronoun/Relative
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नीविम्: girdle, waistband
• नीविम्: कर्म (object of कृणुषे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुषे: you make, you put on/arrange
• कृणुषे: क्रिया (you make/do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ (agent of कृणुषे)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शिवम्: auspicious, benign
• शिवम्: कर्म (predicate-object with कृण्मः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (for you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• तन्वे: for (your) body/person
• तन्वे: सम्प्रदान (for the body/person)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (object of कृण्मः)
• Type: Pronoun/Demonstrative
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृण्मः: we make
• कृण्मः: क्रिया (we make)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• संस्पर्शे: in (its) contact, at the touch
• संस्पर्शे: अधिकरण (in/at the contact)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√स्पृश् ‘to touch’ से)

• अद्रूक्ष्णम्: not rough, not harsh
• अद्रूक्ष्णम्: कर्तृ/विशेष्य-भाव (predicate nominative of ‘astu’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रूक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rough/harsh’), अ- (निषेध)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: क्रिया (let it be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भुवि/सत्तायाम्)

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (for you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for AV 8.2 as a protective/healing sequence; specific r̥ṣi varies by school lists).

Devata: Śiva/auspiciousness as operative power; implicitly the protective efficacy of the mantra itself.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section)

Mantra Rasa

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