Mantra 5

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदा प्राणो अभ्यवर्षीद् वर्षेण पृथिवीं महीम्। पशवस्तत् प्र मोदन्ते महो वै नो भविष्यति

IAST Transliteration

yadā́ prāṇó ’bhyávārṣīd várṣeṇa pr̥thivī́ṃ mahī́m | paśávas tát prá módante máho vái nó bhaviṣyati ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When Prāṇa hath rained upon the mighty Earth with rain, then do the cattle thereat rejoice and thrive: great good, indeed, shall be for us.

Translation

ଯେତେବେଳେ ପ୍ରାଣ ବର୍ଷାଦ୍ୱାରା ମହା ପୃଥିବୀ ଉପରେ ବର୍ଷିଲେ, ସେତେବେଳେ ପଶୁମାନେ ତାହାରେ ଆନନ୍ଦିତ ହୋଇ ଫଳନ୍ତି-ଫୁଲନ୍ତି; ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଆମ ପାଇଁ ମହା କଲ୍ୟାଣ ହେବ।

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)

• प्राणः: the vital breath
• प्राणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभ्यवर्षीत्: rained upon / poured down
• अभ्यवर्षीत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृष् (वर्षणे) + अभि-

• वर्षेण: with rain
• वर्षेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• महीम्: great, vast
• महीम्: Karma (विशेष्य-सह)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• पशवः: the cattle / animals
• पशवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, greatly
• प्र: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मोदन्ते: rejoice
• मोदन्ते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुद् (हर्षे/प्रमोदे)

• महो: a great (thing/benefit)
• महो: Kartā (भविष्यति इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) → महो (नपुंसक प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; वैदिक रूप)

• वै: indeed
• वै: (वाक्य-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात/अव्यय)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (अस्माकम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भविष्यति: will be / will come to be
• भविष्यति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (सत्तायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (Prāṇa-stuti complex)

Devata: Prāṇa (operating through rain)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)

Mantra Rasa

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