Mantra 5

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तदू षु ते महत् पृथुज्मन् नमः कविः काव्येन कृणोमि । यत् सम्यञ्चावभियन्तावभि क्षामत्रा मही रोधचक्रे वावृधेते

IAST Transliteration

tád ū́ ṣú te mahát pṛthujmán námaḥ kavíḥ kā́vyena kṛṇomi | yát samyáñcāv abhiyántāv abhí kṣā́m átra mahī́ ródhacakre vāvṛdhéte |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That great (deed) of thine, O wide-domain, homage!—the Seer with poetic craft I perform. When the two, converging, advancing upon the earth, here the Great One made a ring of barrier, they twain waxed strong.

Translation

ହେ ବିଶାଳ-ପ୍ରଭୁତ୍ୱବାନ, ତୁମର ସେ ମହାନ, ପ୍ରଶସ୍ତ (କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକୁ) ନମସ୍କାର! କବି ମୁଁ କାବ୍ୟକୌଶଳରେ ତାହା ସାଧନ କରେ। ଯେତେବେଳେ ସେ ଦୁଇ, ଏକତ୍ର ହୋଇ, ପୃଥିବୀ ଉପରେ ଅଗ୍ରସର ହେଲେ, ଏଠାରେ ମହତୀ (ମହାଶକ୍ତି) ଅବରୋଧର ଏକ ଚକ୍ର/ବଳୟ ଗଢ଼ିଲା—ତେବେ ସେ ଦୁଇଜଣ ଶକ୍ତିଶାଳୀ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

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

• ऊ: indeed; surely
• ऊ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊ (निपात)

• षु: just; verily
• षु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: षु (निपात)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथुज्मन्: O broad-going / wide-striding one
• पृथुज्मन्: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथुज्मन् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘पृथु’ + ‘ज्मन्’)

• नमः: obeisance; homage
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कविः: the seer/poet
• कविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• काव्येन: with poetic art; by poetry
• काव्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: काव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोमि: I make; I perform
• कृणोमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• यत्: which; that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्यञ्चौ: the two facing/going together; mutually directed
• सम्यञ्चौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्यञ्च् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभियन्तौ: the two assailers/approachers
• अभियन्तौ: Kartā
• Type: Participle (agent noun)
• Root: अभि-या (धातु) → अभियन्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards; against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• क्षाम्: the earth; ground
• क्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षाम् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मही: the great one (Earth/Greatness)
• मही: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोधचक्रे: in/at the wheel of obstruction; in the restraining circuit
• रोधचक्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Compound noun
• Root: रुध् (धातु) → रोध (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वावृधेते: the two have grown; have increased
• वावृधेते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु) → वावृध् (परिपूर्ण/अभ्यास) + एते (द्विवचन)

Attribution

Rishi: Kavi (self-referential ritual speaker; hymn tradition Atharvanic)

Devata: Mahī (Earth/Great Power) and paired protectors (dual agents)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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