Mantra 57

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आदाय जीतं जीताय लोके३ऽमुष्मिन् प्र यच्छसि

IAST Transliteration

ādā́ya jītáṃ jītā́ya lóke ’múṣmin prá yacchasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Having taken the winnings, thou assignest them forth to the winner in yonder world.

Translation

ಗೆಲುವಿನ ಲಾಭವನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು, ಆ ಪರಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದನ್ನು ಗೆದ್ದವನಿಗೆ ನೀನು ಮುಂದಾಗಿ ಒಪ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತೀ.

Word by Word

• आदाय: having taken, taking up
• आदाय: Karaṇa (means/manner of the main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (√दा ‘to take’) → क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (gerund)

• जीतम्: the won (thing), the victory/booty
• जीतम्: Karma (object of ‘आदाय’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: √जि ‘to conquer’ → क्त (past passive participle) → प्रातिपदिक ‘जीत’

• जीताय: for the victory / for the victor
• जीताय: Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary; purpose: ‘for victory/for the victor’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: √जि ‘to conquer’ → क्त → प्रातिपदिक ‘जीत’

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमुष्मिन्: in that (yonder)
• अमुष्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (location; deictic: ‘in that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ‘अमुष्मिन्’

• प्र: forth, forward; intensively (with ‘यच्छसि’)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यच्छसि: you grant/you bestow, you extend
• यच्छसि: Kriyā (main verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् ‘to restrain/hold; to give/offer’ with prefix प्र- (semantic: ‘to bestow/extend’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies)

Devata: Jaya/Jīta (Victory, Winnings) as personified efficacy; also ‘Loka’ as destination

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical check)

Mantra Rasa

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