Mantra 43
Sukta 1
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यथा सिन्धुर्नदीनां साम्राज्यं सुषुवे वृषा । एवा त्वं सम्राज्ञ्येधि पत्युरस्तं परेत्य
IAST Transliteration
yáthā síndhur nadī́nāṃ sā́mrājyaṃ suṣuvé vṛ́ṣā | evā́ tvaṃ samrā́jñy edhi patyúr ástaṃ parétya ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
As Sindhu, bull-like, hath brought forth sovereignty over the rivers, so, entering thy husband’s home, be thou a sovereign lady.
Word by Word
यथाjust as, as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya)
सिन्धुःthe river/stream (Sindhu)
सिन्धुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
नदीनाम्of the rivers
नदीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
साम्राज्यम्sovereignty, overlordship
साम्राज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसाम्राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सुषुवेhas brought forth, has produced
सुषुवे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सू (प्रसवने)
वृषाthe bull (i.e., the mighty one)
वृषा:
Kartā (apposition to सिन्धुः)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन्/वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
एवso, just so
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (avyaya)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्राज्ञीa sovereign queen
सम्राज्ञी:
Kartā/विशेष्य (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootसम्राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
एधिbe!, prosper!, become!
एधि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√इध् (वृद्धौ/दीप्तौ)
पत्युःof (your) husband
पत्युः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तम्home, homeward
अस्तम्:
Adhikaraṇa (goal/direction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअस्तम् (avyaya/निपात; also as noun ‘home’)
परेत्यhaving gone to/approached, having gone forth (to)
परेत्य:
—
TypeVerbal indeclinable (gerund)
Rootपरि-√इ (गत्यर्थे) → परि-इत्य (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Attribution
Rishi: Vivāha corpus seer-tradition (Atharvanic domestic).
Devata: Household sovereignty (Samrājñī); paradigmatic Sindhu as cosmic warrant.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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