Mantra 4

Sukta 60

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उपहूता भूरिधनाः सखायः स्वादुसंमुदः । अक्षुध्या अतृष्या स्त गृहा मास्मद् बिभीतन

IAST Transliteration

upahūtā́ bhū́ridhānāḥ sákhāyaḥ svādúsaṃmudaḥ | ákṣudhyā́ atŕ̥ṣyā stá gṛhā́ mā́smád bibhītana ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Invoked hither, wealthy, friendly, of sweet rejoicing—be ye unhungry, unthirsting, O houses; be not afraid of us.

Translation

ഇവിടെ വിളിക്കപ്പെട്ട, ധനം ധാരാളമുള്ള, സ്നേഹസഖ്യമായ, മധുരാനന്ദമുള്ള—ഓ വീടുകളേ, വിശപ്പില്ലാത്തവരായിരിക്കുക, ദാഹമില്ലാത്തവരായിരിക്കുക; ഞങ്ങളെ ഭയപ്പെടരുത്.

Word by Word

• उप॑हूताः: inv_toggle invited, called near
• उप॑हूताः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: उप-√ह्वा (आह्वाने) / उपहूत (PPP)

• भूरिधनाः: having much wealth
• भूरिधनाः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि-धन (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• सखायः: friends
• सखायः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• स्वादुसंमुदः: of sweet delight / bringing pleasant joy
• स्वादुसंमुदः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वादु-संमुद् (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘pleasant/agreeable joy’)

• अक्षुध्याः: not hungry
• अक्षुध्याः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-क्षुध्य (प्रातिपदिकम्; neg. of ‘hungry’)

• अतृष्याः: not thirsty
• अतृष्याः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-तृष्य (प्रातिपदिकम्; neg. of ‘thirsty’)

• स्त: be (you all)!
• स्त: (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु; ‘to be’) — imperative form

• गृहाः: houses, homes
• गृहाः: Adhikaraṇa (goal/location: ‘in/at the houses’ in sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• मा: do not
• मा: (prohibition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable (prohibitive particle)
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• अस्मत्: of us, our
• अस्मत्: Sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)

• बिभीतन: fear (you all)
• बिभीतन: (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भी (भये) — desiderative/reduplicated present stem बिभी-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic seer-tradition

Devata: Gṛhāḥ (Houses), with implicit apotropaic forces against Kṣudh/Tṛṣ

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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