Mantra 5

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत् तिष्ठ त्वं देवजनार्बुदे सेनया सह। अयं बलिर्व आहुतस्त्रिषंधेराहुतिः प्रिया

IAST Transliteration

út tiṣṭha tváṃ deva-janā́rbude sénayā sahá | ayáṃ balír vá āhútaḥ triṣaṃ́dher āhútiḥ priyā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Rise thou up, O god-born Arbuda, together with thy host. This tribute, verily, is offered: dear is the oblation unto Triṣaṃdhi.

Translation

എഴുന്നേൽക്കുക, ദേവജന്യനായ അർബുദാ, നിന്റെ സേനയോടുകൂടെ. ഈ ബലി നിശ്ചയമായും അർപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു; ത്രിഷന്ധിക്കു ഈ ആഹുതി പ്രിയമാണ്.

Word by Word

• उत्: up; forth (as a preverb)
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग) / ud-

• तिष्ठ: stand up; arise
• तिष्ठ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) / √sthā

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / yuṣmad

• देवजन: O divine folk; O god-born one / O divine person
• देवजन: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-जन (समास-प्रातिपदिक) / deva-jana

• अर्बुदे: O Arbuda (name/epithet; lit. ‘tumor/mass’, also a proper name in AV)
• अर्बुदे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक) / arbuda

• सेनया: with (your) army
• सेनया: Karaṇa (instrument/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक) / senā

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय) / saha

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa (deictic)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / idam

• बलिः: offering; tribute
• बलिः: Kartā (of implied ‘is’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक) / bali

• वै: indeed; surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात) / vai

• आहुतः: offered; poured as an oblation
• आहुतः: Predicate adjective (of बलिः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: आ-हु (धातु) / ā-√hu (to offer, invoke) → आहुत (कृदन्त)

• त्रिषंधेः: of the three junctions (i.e., the three daily times)
• त्रिषंधेः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि- + संधि (समास-प्रातिपदिक) / tri-sandhi

• आहुतिः: oblation; offering
• आहुतिः: Kartā (of implied ‘is’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-हु (धातु) / ā-√hu → आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रिया: dear; pleasing
• प्रिया: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) / priya

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Arbuda (as host-leader) and Triṣaṃdhi (recipient power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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