Mantra 70

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुनर्देहि वनस्पते य एष निहितस्त्वयि । यथा यमस्य सादन आसातै विदथा वदन्

IAST Transliteration

púnar dehi vanaspate yá eṣá níhitas tváyi | yáthā yámasya sā́dane ā́ sātai vidáthā vádan |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Give back again, O Lord of the Forest, this that is laid within thee, that, speaking the ordinances, he may win his way unto the seat of Yama.

Translation

ਹੇ ਵਨਸਪਤੇ, ਮੁੜ ਵਾਪਸ ਦੇਹ—ਇਹ ਜੋ ਤੇਰੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਨਿਹਿਤ ਹੈ। ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਵਿਧਥਾ (ਵਿਧੀਆਂ/ਨਿਯਮ) ਬੋਲਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਉਹ ਯਮ ਦੇ ਸਾਦਨ—ਯਮ ਦੇ ਆਸਨ/ਨਿਵਾਸ—ਤੱਕ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਸਕੇ।

Word by Word

• पुनः: again, back
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनर् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• देहि: give (back)!
• देहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (दधाति) / दा (देयम्) — आज्ञार्थे ‘देहि’ रूपम्

• वनस्पते: O lord of the forest (tree/plant)
• वनस्पते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who/which
• यः: कर्तृ (उपवाक्ये) / सम्बन्ध-निर्देशक
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एषः: this
• एषः: कर्तृ (उपवाक्ये) / विशेष्य-निर्देशक
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निहितः: placed, deposited
• निहितः: — (विशेषण; ‘एषः’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: नि-धा (धातु) → निहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वयि: in you
• त्वयि: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: so that; just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सादनम्: abode, seat, dwelling
• सादनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सादन (प्रातिपदिक; √सद् ‘to sit’ से)

• आसातै: may he attain/reach
• आसातै: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-सा (धातु) / आ-आस् (धातु) — ‘आसातै’ (वेदिक) रूपम्

• विदथा: assemblies, rites/ceremonial gatherings
• विदथा: कर्म (वदन् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वदन्: speaking, uttering
• वदन्: कर्तृ (आसातै इत्यस्य सह; ‘speaking’)
• Type: Participle
• Root: वद् (धातु) → वदत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Funerary anuvāka tradition of AV 18 (variable anukramaṇī attribution)

Devata: Vanaspati (as ritual agent) and Yama (as destination authority)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)

Mantra Rasa

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