Mantra 7

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्न्याधेयमथो दीक्षा कामप्रश्छन्दसा सह। उत्सन्ना यज्ञाः सत्राण्युच्छिष्टेऽधि समाहिताः

IAST Transliteration

agnyādhéyam átho dīkṣā́ kāmá-praśchándasā sahá | utsánnā yajñā́ḥ satrā́ṇy ucchíṣṭe ’dhí samāhitā́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Agnyādheya, and also the Dīkṣā, together with desire-impelling measure: lapsed sacrifices and sattra-sessions are, upon the Ucchiṣṭa, gathered and laid up.

Word by Word

• अग्न्याधेयम्: the establishing/placing of the sacred fire (Agnyādhāna)
• अग्न्याधेयम्: Karma (उद्दिष्ट-वस्तु/विषय) अथवा कर्तृवाच्ये विषयः
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्न्याधेय (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि + आधेय) अथवा आधा-धातोः (आ + √धा) कृत्य-भावः

• अथो: and also; moreover
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (अव्यय; अथ + उ)

• दीक्षा: initiation; consecration (Dīkṣā)
• दीक्षा: Kartā/विषय (समुच्चित-विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक; √दिक्ष्/√दीक्ष् ‘to consecrate/initiate’ से भाव)

• कामप्रश्छन्दसा: with desire and assent/approval (lit. ‘with wish-approval’)
• कामप्रश्छन्दसा: Karaṇa/सहकारि (सह-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामप्रश्छन्दस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; काम + प्रश्छन्दस्)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश; ‘with’)

• उत्सन्नाः: ruined; lapsed; fallen into disuse
• उत्सन्नाः: Kartā/विषय (यज्ञाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्सन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; उद् + √सद्/√सन् ‘to sink/decline’ → ‘fallen into ruin’)

• यज्ञाः: sacrifices; rites
• यज्ञाः: Kartā/विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; √यज् ‘to worship/sacrifice’)

• सत्राणि: sattra-sessions; prolonged sacrificial sessions
• सत्राणि: Kartā/विषय (समुच्चित-विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘session-sacrifice’)

• उच्छिष्टे: in/upon the remainder; in what is left over
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण—‘where/in what’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; ‘leftover, remainder’)

• अधि: upon; over
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय; ‘upon, over’)

• समाहिताः: placed together; arranged; gathered/collected
• समाहिताः: Kartā/विषय (यज्ञाः/सत्राणि इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + आ + √धा ‘to place/compose’ → ‘set, arranged, collected’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Brahmavādin attribution (varies)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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