Mantra 3

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उर्वश्च मा चमसश्च मा हासिष्टां धर्ता च मा धरुणश्च मा हासिष्टाम्

IAST Transliteration

urváś ca mā camásaś ca mā hāsiṣṭāṃ dhartā́ ca mā dharuṇáś ca mā hāsiṣṭām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not wide room, and let not the cup, forsake me; let not the supporter, and let not the support, forsake me.

Translation

உர்வ (விரிந்த இடம்)வும் சமஸ (பாத்திரம்/கிண்ணம்)வும் என்னை விட்டு நீங்காதிருப்பதாக; தர்தா (தாங்குபவன்)வும் தருண (ஆதாரம்/துணை)வும் என்னை விட்டு நீங்காதிருப்பதாக.

Word by Word

• उर्वशीः: Urvāśī (a celestial nymph)
• उर्वशीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वशी (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• मा: of me / my
• मा: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चमसः: Chamasá (a personified ritual vessel/name)
• चमसः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमस (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• मा: of me / my
• मा: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हा: do not
• हा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)

• आसिष्टाम्: may the two not abandon/leave (me)
• आसिष्टाम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (आसँ उपवेशने) / injunctive base

• धर्ता: the holder/supporter
• धर्ता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from √धृ ‘to hold’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• मा: of me / my
• मा: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धरुणः: the support/foundation
• धरुणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरुण (प्रातिपदिक; from √धृ ‘to support’, ‘support/foundation’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• मा: of me / my
• मा: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हा: do not
• हा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)

• आसिष्टाम्: may the two not abandon/leave (me)
• आसिष्टाम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (आसँ उपवेशने) / injunctive base

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Domestic supports personified (dhartṛ/dharuṇa); prosperity conditions (urva, chamasa)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence

Mantra Rasa

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