Mantra 43

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा सिन्धुर्नदीनां साम्राज्यं सुषुवे वृषा । एवा त्वं सम्राज्ञ्येधि पत्युरस्तं परेत्य

IAST Transliteration

yáthā síndhur nadī́nāṃ sā́mrājyaṃ suṣuvé vṛ́ṣā | evā́ tvaṃ samrā́jñy edhi patyúr ástaṃ parétya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As Sindhu, bull-like, hath brought forth sovereignty over the rivers, so, entering thy husband’s home, be thou a sovereign lady.

Translation

సింధు (సముద్రం/మహానది) వృషభంలా నదులపై సామ్రాజ్యాన్ని ప్రసవించినట్లే, నీవు భర్త గృహంలో ప్రవేశించి సామ్రాజ్ఞీగా అవు.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as, as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• सिन्धुः: the river/stream (Sindhu)
• सिन्धुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नदीनाम्: of the rivers
• नदीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• साम्राज्यम्: sovereignty, overlordship
• साम्राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुषुवे: has brought forth, has produced
• सुषुवे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सू (प्रसवने)

• वृषा: the bull (i.e., the mighty one)
• वृषा: Kartā (apposition to सिन्धुः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन्/वृष (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: so, just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्राज्ञी: a sovereign queen
• सम्राज्ञी: Kartā/विशेष्य (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)

• एधि: be!, prosper!, become!
• एधि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इध् (वृद्धौ/दीप्तौ)

• पत्युः: of (your) husband
• पत्युः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तम्: home, homeward
• अस्तम्: Adhikaraṇa (goal/direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अस्तम् (avyaya/निपात; also as noun ‘home’)

• परेत्य: having gone to/approached, having gone forth (to)
• परेत्य: —
• Type: Verbal indeclinable (gerund)
• Root: परि-√इ (गत्यर्थे) → परि-इत्य (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Vivāha corpus seer-tradition (Atharvanic domestic).

Devata: Household sovereignty (Samrājñī); paradigmatic Sindhu as cosmic warrant.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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