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Mantra 11

Sukta 28

पुरं देवानाममृतं हिरण्यं य आबेधे प्रथमो देवो अग्रे । तस्मै नमो दश प्राचीः कृणोम्यनु मन्यतां त्रिवृदाबधे मे

púraṁ devā́nām amṛ́taṁ híraṇyaṁ yá ābedhé prathamó devó ágre | tásmai námo dáśa prācī́ḥ kṛṇómy ánu manyatāṁ trivṛ́d ābadhé me ||

The Fort of the Gods—deathless, golden—he who first of gods in the beginning brake through (and won it): to him I make obeisance, tenfold, toward the eastern (quarters). Let him, in accord, approve me in my threefold establishing of the fort.

ਦੇਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਪੁਰ—ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤ, ਸੁਵਰਨਮਈ—ਜਿਸ ਨੇ ਆਰੰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਭੇਦ ਕੇ (ਜਿੱਤ ਕੇ) ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤਾ; ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਮੈਂ ਪੂਰਬ ਦੀਆਂ ਦਿਸ਼ਾਵਾਂ ਵੱਲ ਦਸ-ਵਾਰੀ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਮੇਰੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਵ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਥਾਪਨਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਅਨੁਮੋਦਨ ਕਰੇ, ਮਨੋਂ ਸਹਿਮਤ ਹੋਵੇ।

पुरम्fortress; stronghold
पुरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपुर्/पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अमृतम्immortal; ambrosial
अमृतम्:
कर्म (पुरम् इति विशेषण/समनाधिकरण) / विधेय
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
हिरण्यम्golden; gold
हिरण्यम्:
कर्म (पुरम् इति विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आब॒धेpierced/struck; broke through
आब॒धे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√बध् (बधँ हिंसायाम्/बन्धने; वेद. प्रयोगः)
प्रथमःthe first
प्रथमः:
कर्ता-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
देवःthe god
देवः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्रेin front; at first; in the beginning
अग्रे:
अधिकरण (काल/देश)
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial locative) / Noun
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नमःobeisance; homage
नमः:
कर्म (नमः कृ/भू इत्यर्थे)
TypeNoun (indeclinable-like in usage)
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दशten
दश:
विशेषण (प्राचीः इति)
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
प्राचीःeastern directions; eastward quarters
प्राचीः:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्राची (प्रातिपदिक)
कृणोमिI make; I perform
कृणोमि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (डुकृञ् करणे)
अनुafter; in accordance with
अनु:
क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थ
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मन्यताम्let (him) think/approve
मन्यताम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मनँ ज्ञाने/मन्यते)
त्रिवृदाwith the threefold (form/measure)
त्रिवृदा:
करण
TypeAdjective (instrumental) / Indeclinable-like
Rootत्रिवृत्/त्रिवृद् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘threefold’)
आबधेin/through the piercing; in the act of striking
आबधे:
अधिकरण/भाव
TypeNoun (action-noun) / Kṛdanta-like
Rootआ-√बध् (वेद. प्रयोगः)
मेmy; for me
मे:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.

Devata: The primordial ‘first god’ who won/established the divine fort (often interpreted in Indraic terms in Atharvanic exegesis); Devapurā as protective power.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (longer pādas; metrical identification may vary by recension).

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