Mantra 21

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इह प्रियं प्रजायै ते समृध्यतामस्मिन् गृहे गार्हपत्याय जागृहि । एना पत्या तन्वं१ सं स्पृशस्वाथ जिर्विर्विदथमा वदासि

IAST Transliteration

ihá priyáṃ prajā́yai te sámṛdhyatām asmín gṛhé gārhapatyā́ya jāgṛhi | enā́ pátyā tanvàṃ sáṃ spṛśasvā́tha jírvir vidátham ā́ vadāsi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Here may what is dear to thee for offspring prosper; in this house wake thou for the gārhapatya fire. With this thy husband touch thou thy body in union; then, being vigorous, shalt thou speak in the assembly.

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved (thing/condition)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजायै: for offspring/progeny
• प्रजायै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• समृद्ध्यताम्: may it prosper / may it thrive
• समृद्ध्यताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ऋध् (धातु)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• गृहे: house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• गार्हपत्याय: for the Gārhapatya (household fire)
• गार्हपत्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• जागृहि: be awake; keep watch
• जागृहि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ (धातु)

• एना: with this (woman), with her
• एना: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एना (सर्वनाम/निर्देशक)

• पत्या: with (your) husband
• पत्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• तन्वम्: body, person
• तन्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्पृशस्व: touch; unite (yourself)
• स्पृशस्व: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)

• अथ: then, and
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• जिर्विः: the aged one; old man (as subject)
• जिर्विः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिर्वि (प्रातिपदिक)

• विदथम्: assembly; ritual gathering
• विदथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वदासि: you speak; you say
• वदासि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic Vivāha tradition (collective attribution).

Devata: Gārhapatya (as sacral focus) and prajā (offspring) as functional divinity; implicit household deities

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: shanta