Mantra 23

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इदं सदो रोहिणी रोहितस्यासौ पन्थाः पृषती येन याति । तां गन्धर्वाः कश्यपा उन्नयन्ति तां रक्षन्ति कवयोऽप्रमादम्

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ sádo róhiṇī́ róhitasya asáu pánthāḥ pṛ́ṣatī yéna yā́ti | tā́ṃ gandharvā́ḥ kāśyápā unnayanti tā́ṃ rakṣanti kaváyo ’pramā́dam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This is Rohiṇī’s seat, Rohita’s: yonder is the path whereon the Spotted One goes. That path the Gandharvas, the Kāśyapas, lift and lead; that the sages guard, with never a remissness.

Translation

นี่คือที่ประทับของโรหิณี (Rohiṇī) ของโรหิตะ (Rohita); ที่โน้นคือหนทางซึ่งผู้มีลายด่าง พฤษตี (Pṛṣatī) ดำเนินไป. หนทางนั้นเหล่าคันธรรพะ (Gandharva) และกาศยปะ (Kāśyapa) ยกชูและนำพา; หนทางนั้นเหล่ากวีผู้รู้รักษาไว้โดยไม่เผลอไผลเลย.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सदः: seat; hall; assembly
• सदः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहिणी: Rohiṇī (the star/constellation)
• रोहिणी: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/name)
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहितस्य: of Rohita (the red one; a name)
• रोहितस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• असौ: that (yonder)
• असौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असौ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पन्थाः: path; way
• पन्थाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पन्था (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृषती: the speckled one; (name/epithet)
• पृषती: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पृषती (प्रातिपदिक)

• येन: by which; along which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• याति: goes
• याति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• ताम्: her/that (acc.)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• कश्यपाः: Kāśyapas (descendants of Kaśyapa)
• कश्यपाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/name)
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)

• उन्नयन्ति: lead up; raise; bring forth
• उन्नयन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-नी (धातु)

• ताम्: her/that (acc.)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षन्ति: protect
• रक्षन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)

• कवयः: sages; seers
• कवयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्रमादम्: vigilance; heedfulness
• अप्रमादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: अप्रमाद (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (cycle attribution within AV 13.1)

Devata: Rohiṇī/Rohita; ancillary: Gandharvas, Kāśyapas, Kavayas as guardians

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like (to be verified)

Mantra Rasa

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