Mantra 17

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋतवः पक्तार आर्तवाः समिन्धते

IAST Transliteration

ṛtávaḥ paktā́ra ārtavā́ḥ sám-indhate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Seasons, timely, the Cookers, kindle in concert.

Translation

季節（ṛtavaḥ）は時にかなって、煮炊きする者たち（paktāraḥ）は季節に従い、そろって火を燃え立たせる。

Word by Word

• ऋतवः: the seasons
• ऋतवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पक्तारः: the cookers / ripeners
• पक्तारः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्तृ- (√पच् ‘to cook’ से कर्तृ-नाम)

• आर्तवाः: seasonal ones; belonging to the seasons
• आर्तवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: आर्तव- (प्रातिपदिक; ऋतु-सम्बन्धी)

• समिन्धते: they kindle / they are kindled (together)
• समिन्धते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √इन्ध् (इन्ध् ‘to kindle’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Anukramaṇī tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)

Devata: Ṛtavaḥ (Seasons) personified; Ṛta-order

Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh-like cadence; meter uncertain from excerpt

Mantra Rasa

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