Mantra 7

Sukta 109

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवान् यन्नाथितो हुवे ब्रह्मचर्यं यदूषिम। अक्षान् यद् बभ्रूनालभे ते नो मृडन्त्वीदृशे

IAST Transliteration

devā́n yán nāthitó huvè brahmacaryáṃ yád ūṣím | akṣā́n yád babhrū́n ālabhé té no mṛḍantv īdṛ́śe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When, being in distress, I call upon the Gods; when I undertake the holy course of continence, when I enter upon the observance; when I lay hold upon the tawny dice—then may they be gracious unto us in such a case.

Translation

苦難にあってわれが神々を呼び求めるとき、ブラフマチャリヤ（brahmacarya）の清浄なる行を修するとき、誓戒の守りに入るとき、褐黄の賽（さい）を手に取るとき——そのような折に、彼らがわれらに慈悲を垂れたまえ。

Word by Word

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which/that (act/thing)
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• आथितः: as a guest / in the manner of a guest
• आथितः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √अत्/अथ् ‘to go/approach’ से निष्पन्न, ‘अतिथि/आथित्य’ भाव)

• हुवे: I invoke/call
• हुवे: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वा (ह्वे) ‘to call, invoke’

• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: brahmacarya, sacred studentship/continence
• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which/that (act/thing)
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊषिम्: heat/ardour (vedic: ‘ūṣi’), fervour
• ऊषिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊषि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ऊषि/ऊषिन्’—उष्णता/तापन/उष्ण-भाव; वैदिक प्रयोग)

• अक्षान्: dice (akṣa-s)
• अक्षान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which/that (act/thing)
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बभ्रून्: the brown ones (brown dice)
• बभ्रून्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: बभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आलभे: I take/lay hold of
• आलभे: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् ‘to take, seize; obtain’ (आ-उपसर्ग)

• ते: they (those)
• ते: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मृडन्तु: may they be gracious / show mercy
• मृडन्तु: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृड् ‘to be gracious, to show mercy’

• ईदृशे: in such a case / for one such as (this)
• ईदृशे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not supplied in the input; to be confirmed from AVŚ anukramaṇī).

Devata: Devāḥ (the Gods collectively; appeased as a group).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be verified against pada-count in the received text).

Mantra Rasa

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