Mantra 10

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहस्पतिं ते विश्वदेववन्तमृच्छन्तु । ये माघायव ऊर्ध्वाया दिशोऽभिदासात्

IAST Transliteration

bŕ̥haspátiṃ te viśvádevavantam r̥cchantu | yé māghāyáva ūrdhvā́yā diśó’bhidā́sāt |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To thee may they resort—Bṛhaspati attended by all the Gods—against those Māghāyus who assail from the upward quarter.

Translation

ಬೃಹಸ್ಪತಿ—ವಿಶ್ವದೇವರಿಂದ ಸಹಿತನಾದವನು—ನಿನ್ನ ಕಡೆ ಅವರು ಆಶ್ರಯಕ್ಕೆ ಬರಲಿ. ಊರ್ಧ್ವ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನಿಂದ ದಾಳಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಆ ಮಾಘಾಯುಗಳ ವಿರುದ್ಧ (ಅವನು ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಆಗಲಿ).

Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिम्: Bṛhaspati (as the one to be reached/obtained)
• बृहस्पतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• विश्वदेववन्तम्: possessed of all the gods; attended by the Viśvedevas
• विश्वदेववन्तम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वदेव-वत् (प्रातिपदिक; -वत् प्रत्यय)

• ऋच्छन्तु: let (them) reach / may (they) come to
• ऋच्छन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (धातु; गत्यर्थः ‘to go, reach’)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• माघायवः: the Maghā-seekers / wealth-seekers
• माघायवः: कर्तृ (ये … माघायवः)
• Type: Noun (agentive) / Adjective
• Root: माघायू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘one who seeks/aims at Maghā/wealth’; बहुव्रीहि/उपपद-समासभाव)

• ऊर्ध्वायाः: of the upper (direction)
• ऊर्ध्वायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively with ‘दिशः’)
• Root: ऊर्ध्वा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: of the direction / quarter
• दिशः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिदासात्: assailed / attacked (was hostile)
• अभिदासात्: क्रिया (relative-clause verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-दास् (धातु; ‘to harm, assail, be hostile’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (book 19 series)

Devata: Bṛhaspati (with Viśve Devāḥ)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (late/irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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