Mantra 4

Sukta 107

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कल्याणि सर्वविदे मा परि देहि । सर्वविद् द्विपाच्च सर्वं नो रक्ष चतुष्पाद् यच्च नः स्वम्

IAST Transliteration

kalyā́ṇi sarvávide mā pári dehi | sarvávid dvipā́c ca sárvaṃ no rákṣa catúṣpād yác ca naḥ svám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Auspicious, set thyself about me as the All-knowing. O All-knowing, guard for us all that is two-footed, and the four-footed, and whatsoever is our own.

Translation

ಹೇ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಿ, ಸರ್ವವಿದ್ (ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞ) ಆಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ನೆಲೆಸಿರು. ಹೇ ಸರ್ವವಿದ್, ನಮ್ಮಿಗಾಗಿ ದ್ವಿಪಾದವಾದ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ, ಚತುಷ್ಪಾದವಾದ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ, ಮತ್ತು ನಮ್ಮದೇ ಆದದ್ದೆಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ರಕ್ಷಿಸು.

Word by Word

• कल्याणि: O auspicious (one)
• कल्याणि: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Adjective (vocative used as epithet)
• Root: कल्याणि- (प्रातिपदिक; कल्याण ‘auspicious, welfare’)

• सर्वविदे: to/for the all-knower
• सर्वविदे: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सर्वविद्- (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + √विद् ‘to know’)

• मा: me
• मा: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; fully
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• देहि: give; bestow
• देहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दाने) + परि

• सर्वविद्: the all-knower
• सर्वविद्: कर्तृ (agent)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सर्वविद्- (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + √विद्)

• द्विपात्: the two-footed (humans)
• द्विपात्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: द्विपाद्- (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + पाद ‘foot’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• सर्वम्: all (everything)
• सर्वम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Adjective (substantive)
• Root: सर्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्ष: protect
• रक्ष: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रक्ष् (पालने)

• चतुष्पात्: the four-footed (cattle/animals)
• चतुष्पात्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: चतुष्पाद्- (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर् + पाद)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: कर्म (object, with implied ‘protect’)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्-

• स्वम्: (what is) our own
• स्वम्: कर्म (object, with implied ‘protect’)
• Type: Adjective (substantive)
• Root: स्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (to be verified).

Devata: Kalyāṇī/Sarvavid as protective amulet-power.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed).

Mantra Rasa

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