Mantra 1

Sukta 68

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वपनम्। आयमगन्त्सविता क्षुरेणोष्णेन वाय उदकेनेहि । आदित्या रुद्रा वसव उन्दन्तु सचेतसः सोमस्य राज्ञो वपत प्रचेतसः

IAST Transliteration

vápanam | ā́ iyám agan savitā́ kṣuréṇóṣṇéna vāyo udakénehi | ādityā́ rudrā́ vásava undantu sácetasaḥ sómasya rā́jño vapata prá-cetasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Shaving. Hither hath this (rite) come: Savitar with the razor, with the warm (water); O Vāyu, come with the water. Let the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus—of one accord—bedew (him). Shave ye the King Soma, ye provident and foreknowing.

Translation

ਵਪਨ (ਖ਼ੌਰ). ਇਹ ਕਰਮ ਇੱਥੇ ਆ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ ਹੈ: ਸਵਿਤਾ ਗਰਮ ਖ਼ੁਰ (ਉਸਤਰਾ) ਨਾਲ ਆਇਆ ਹੈ; ਹੇ ਵਾਯੁ, ਪਾਣੀ ਨਾਲ ਇੱਥੇ ਆ। ਆਦਿਤ੍ਯ, ਰੁਦ੍ਰ, ਵਸੂ—ਇੱਕ ਮਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ—ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਭਿੱਜਾਉਣ। ਹੇ ਪ੍ਰਚੇਤਸ (ਸੂਝਵਾਨ, ਅਗਾਹ) ਹੋ, ਸੋਮ-ਰਾਜੇ ਦਾ ਖ਼ੌਰ ਕਰੋ।

Word by Word

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• आयम्: this (one/thing)
• आयम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अगन्त्: came, has come
• अगन्त्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• सविता: Savitar (the impeller, Sun-deity)
• सविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षुरेण: with a razor
• क्षुरेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• उष्णेन: with warm (hot)
• उष्णेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वायो: O Vāyu (Wind)
• वायो: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदकेन: with water
• उदकेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)

• इहि: come!
• इहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• आदित्याः: the Ādityas
• आदित्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• रुद्राः: the Rudras
• रुद्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसवः: the Vasus
• वसवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• उन्दन्तु: let them moisten/sprinkle
• उन्दन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उन्द् (धातु)

• सचेतसः: of one mind, concordant
• सचेतसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वपत: shave! / shear!
• वपत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वप् (धातु)

• प्रचेतसः: O foreknowing/wise ones
• प्रचेतसः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Savitar; Vāyu; Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus; Soma (as royal paradigm)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like anuṣṭubh cadence (likely anuṣṭubh with ritual heading ‘vapanam’)

Mantra Rasa

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