Mantra 61
Rishi: Not specified; Pravargya/Soma liturgical tradition.
Devata: Gharma (as offering-power) to the Devas.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (two pādas with a concluding yajus-style svāhā clause).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
चतु॑स्त्रिᳪश॒त्तन्त॑वो॒ ये वित॑त्नि॒रे य इ॒मं य॒ज्ञᳪ स्व॒धया॒ दद॑न्ते । तेषां॑ छि॒न्नᳪ सम्वे॒तद्द॑धामि॒ स्वाहा॑ घ॒र्मो अप्ये॑तु दे॒वान्
Transliteration
cátuḥtriṃśat tántavo yé vitatniré yá imáṃ yajñáṃ svadháyā dádante | téṣāṃ chinnáṃ saṃvetád dadhāmi svā́hā gharmó ápy etu devā́n
Translation
മുപ്പത്തിനാലു തന്തുക്കളുണ്ട്—അവയെ വിരിച്ചവർ, സ്വധാ വഴി ഈ യജ്ഞം സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നവർ. അവരുടെതിൽ മുറിഞ്ഞതിനെ, ആ നെയ്ത്തുപണിയെ ഞാൻ വീണ്ടും ചേർക്കുന്നു. സ്വാഹാ! ഘർമം ദേവന്മാരിലേക്കു പോകട്ടെ.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
चतुः-त्रिंशत् । तन्तवः । ये । वितत्निरे । ये । इमम् । यज्ञम् । स्वधया । ददन्ते । तेषाम् । छिन्नम् । सम्-वेतत् । दधामि । स्वाहा । घर्मः । अपि । एतु । देवान् ।
Word by Word
चतुःत्रिंशत्thirty-four
चतुःत्रिंशत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (of kartā) / Kartṛ-sambandha
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootचतुःत्रिंशत् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) < चतुः + त्रिंशत्
तन्तवःthreads, strands
तन्तवः:
Kartā (of वितत्निरे)
TypeNoun
Rootतन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho/which
ये:
Kartā (relative pronoun; refers to तन्तवः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वितत्निरेwere stretched out / extended
वितत्निरे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√तन् (तनूँ) + वि
येwho
ये:
Kartā (of ददन्ते)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma (of ददन्ते)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञम्sacrifice
यज्ञम्:
Karma (of ददन्ते)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वधयाwith svadhā (ancestral/innate sustaining power)
स्वधया:
Karaṇa (means/instrument; ‘by/with svadhā’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)
ददन्तेthey give / bestow
ददन्ते:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√दा (दाने)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
छिन्नम्cut, severed
छिन्नम्:
Karma (object of दधामि) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Root√छिद् (छेदने) → छिन्न (क्त-प्रत्यय)
सम्वेतत्the joined/collected (whole), the re-united (piece)
सम्वेतत्:
Karma (of दधामि)
TypeParticiple/Noun-like
Rootसम् + √इ (एति) → सम्वेत (क्त-प्रत्यय) ; तद्-रूपेण नपुंसक एकवचनम्
दधामिI place / I set
दधामि:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे)
स्वाहाsvāhā (hail!; offering-call)
स्वाहा:
(मन्त्र-उद्गार; कारकातीत)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार)
घर्मःthe Gharma (hot oblation/pravargya offering)
घर्मः:
Kartā (of अप्येतु)
TypeNoun
Rootघर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिalso / indeed
अपि:
(upasarga/particle with एतु; sense: ‘also/indeed/towards’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (निपात)
एतुlet (it) go / may (it) come
एतु:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√इ (गत्यर्थे)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
Karma (goal/object with एतु: ‘to the gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Entities Mentioned
G
Gharma (Pravargya offering-power)D
Devas (the Gods collectively)S
Svadhā (ancestral/inner sustaining power)Ritual Context
Viniyoga (Ritual Application)
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