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
तदू षु ते महत् पृथुज्मन् नमः—कविः काव्येन कृणोमि। यत् सम्यञ्चावभियन्तावभि क्षामत्रा मही रोधचक्रे वावृधेते॥
Word by Word
तत्that (this/that thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊindeed; surely
ऊ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऊ (निपात)
षुjust; verily
षु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषु (निपात)
तेof you; your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
महत्great
महत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
पृथुज्मन्O broad-going / wide-striding one
पृथुज्मन्:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootपृथुज्मन् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘पृथु’ + ‘ज्मन्’)
नमःobeisance; homage
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
कविःthe seer/poet
कविः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
काव्येनwith poetic art; by poetry
काव्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकाव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
कृणोमिI make; I perform
कृणोमि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
यत्which; that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्यञ्चौthe two facing/going together; mutually directed
सम्यञ्चौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्यञ्च् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
अभियन्तौthe two assailers/approachers
अभियन्तौ:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (agent noun)
Rootअभि-या (धातु) → अभियन्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards; against
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
क्षाम्the earth; ground
क्षाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षाम् (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
महीthe great one (Earth/Greatness)
मही:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक)
रोधचक्रेin/at the wheel of obstruction; in the restraining circuit
रोधचक्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeCompound noun
Rootरुध् (धातु) → रोध (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वावृधेतेthe two have grown; have increased
वावृधेते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (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
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira