Mantra 1

Sukta 61

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तपः। यदग्ने तपसा तप उपतप्यामहे तपः । प्रियाः श्रुतस्य भूयास्मायुष्मन्तः सुमेधसः

IAST Transliteration

tápaḥ | yád agne tápasā tápa upataṕyāmahe tápaḥ | priyā́ḥ śrutásya bhūyā́sma āyuṣmántaḥ sumédhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Tapas. When, O Agni, with tapas we kindle tapas—yea, we heat it up as tapas—may we be dear to sacred fame, long-lived, and of good understanding.

Translation

ਤਪਃ। ਹੇ ਅਗਨੇ, ਜਦੋਂ ਅਸੀਂ ਤਪਸ ਨਾਲ ਤਪ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਜ੍ਵਲਿਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਾਂ—ਹਾਂ, ਉਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਤਪ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੋਰ ਤਪਾਉਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ—ਤਾਂ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੁਤੀ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਿਯ (ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਯਸ਼ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ) ਹੋਈਏ; ਆਯੁਸ਼ਮਾਨ ਅਤੇ ਸੁਮੇਧਸ (ਚੰਗੀ ਸਮਝ ਵਾਲੇ) ਹੋਈਏ।

Word by Word

• तपः: austerity, heat, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपसा: by/with austerity (heat)
• तपसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपः: austerity, heat
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपतप्यामहे: we practice/undertake (austerity); we heat ourselves (in devotion)
• उपतप्यामहे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-तप् (धातु; तप् = संतापे)

• तपः: austerity, heat
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियाः: dear, beloved
• प्रियाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रुतस्य: of what is heard; of sacred learning
• श्रुतस्य: (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √श्रु + क्त)

• भूयास्म: may we become
• भूयास्म: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु; भवति)

• आयुष्मन्तः: long-lived, possessing vitality
• आयुष्मन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्मन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमेधसः: of good intelligence, wise
• सुमेधसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input)

Devata: Agni (as tapas-bearer)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; Atharvanic homa-formulas commonly in anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

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