Mantra 15

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कण्वः कक्षीवान् पुरुमीढो अगस्त्यः श्यावाश्वः सोभर्यर्चनानाः । विश्वामित्रोऽयं जमदग्निरत्रिरवन्तु नः कश्यपो वामदेवः

IAST Transliteration

kaṇváḥ kakṣī́vān purumīḍhó agástyaḥ śyāvā́śvaḥ sóbhary arcanā́nāḥ | viśvā́mitro ’yáṁ jamádagnir átrir avantu naḥ kaśyápo vāmádevaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Kaṇva, Kakṣīvān, Purumīḍha, Agastya, Śyāvāśva, Sobhari—ye singers of praise; and Viśvāmitra here, and Jamadagni, and Atri—let them be helpers unto us, and Kaśyapa, and Vāmadeva.

Translation

ขอให้ กัณวะ (Kaṇva), กักษีวาน (Kakṣīvān), ปุรุมีḍหะ (Purumīḍha), อคัสตยะ (Agastya), ศฺยาวาศวะ (Śyāvāśva), โสภริ (Sobhari)—เหล่านักขับสรรเสริญ; และวิศวามิตร (Viśvāmitra) ผู้สถิต ณ ที่นี้ พร้อมทั้งชามทัคนิ (Jamadagni) และอัตริ (Atri)—จงเป็นผู้เกื้อหนุนแก่เรา; ทั้งกัศยปะ (Kaśyapa) และวามเทวะ (Vāmadeva) ด้วยเถิด.

Word by Word

• कण्वः: Kaṇva
• कण्वः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: कण्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• कक्षीवान्: Kakṣīvān
• कक्षीवान्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: कक्षीवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुमीढः: Purumīḍha
• पुरुमीढः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: पुरुमीढ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अगस्त्यः: Agastya
• अगस्त्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्यावाश्वः: Śyāvāśva
• श्यावाश्वः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: श्यावाश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोभर्यः: Sobharya
• सोभर्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सोभर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्चनानाः: the praisers/chanters
• अर्चनानाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective (collective epithet)
• Root: अर्चनान (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जमदग्निः: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: जमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्रिः: Atri
• अत्रिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: अत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवन्तु: may (they) protect
• अवन्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (धातु; अव रक्षणे)

• नः: us / for us
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कश्यपः: Kaśyapa
• कश्यपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or / alternatively
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)

• वामदेवः: Vāmadeva
• वामदेवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: वामदेव (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukramaṇī-style attribution often treats such verses as ‘ṛṣi-nāma’ litany within pitṛ-hymns

Devata: Ṛṣayaḥ (Seers) as protective powers

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-mixed litany style (catalogue verse; meter may be irregular in AV transmission)

Mantra Rasa

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