Shloka 36

The Procedure for the Consecration of a Pond

Devanagari script

शैशवं पंचनिधनं गायत्रं ज्येष्ठसाम च । वामदेव्यं बृहत्साम रौरवं च रथंतरम्

Transliteration

śaiśavaṃ paṃcanidhanaṃ gāyatraṃ jyeṣṭhasāma ca | vāmadevyaṃ bṛhatsāma rauravaṃ ca rathaṃtaram

Translation

‘சைசவம்’, ‘பஞ்சநிதனம்’, ‘காயத்ரம்’, ‘ஜ்யேஷ்ட-ஸாமம்’; மேலும் ‘வாமதேவ்யம்’, ‘ப்ருஹத்-ஸாமம்’, ‘ரௌரவம்’, ‘ரதந்தரம்’—இவை புனித ஸாம வடிவங்கள்।

Word by Word

• शैशवम्: Śaiśava (name of a sāman/chant)
• शैशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• पञ्चनिधनम्: Pañcanidhana (five-ending/with five cadences; name of a chant)
• पञ्चनिधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + निधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) (neuter nom/acc sg)

• गायत्रम्: Gāyatra (name of a sāman/chant)
• गायत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc singular)

• ज्येष्ठसाम: Jyeṣṭha-sāman (the ‘eldest’ sāman; name)
• ज्येष्ठसाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ + सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (adjectival determinative) (neuter nom/acc sg)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वामदेव्यम्: Vāmadevya (name of a sāman/chant)
• वामदेव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg)

• बृहत्साम: Bṛhat-sāman (the ‘great’ sāman; name)
• बृहत्साम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहत् + सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (neuter nom/acc sg)

• रौरवम्: Raurava (name of a sāman/chant)
• रौरवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• रथन्तरम्: Rathantara (name of a sāman/chant)
• रथन्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: No mandatory sandhi splits beyond standard word boundaries; all items are names of sāmans in neuter nom/acc singular; compounds: पञ्चनिधनम् (tatpuruṣa), ज्येष्ठसाम/बृहत्साम (karmadhāraya).

FAQs

What is being listed in this verse?

It enumerates well-known Sāma-veda chant-forms (sāmans), revered as specific melodic/hymnic configurations used in ritual and recitation.

Does the verse teach a philosophical doctrine or provide a catalog?

In isolation it functions primarily as a catalog of sacred chant-names; its theological import depends on the surrounding passage (e.g., praising Vedic sound, ritual, or cosmic order).

Why are these particular sāmans significant?

Several—such as Rathantara and Bṛhat—are especially prominent in Sāma-vedic liturgy and are frequently cited as eminent chants associated with solemn rites and the sanctity of Vedic recitation.