Mantra 5
Rishi: Traditionally connected with the Yājñavalkya transmission (Śukla-Yajurvedic school lineage)
Devata: Savitar; Earth (Pṛthivī) as invoked recipient of ‘śam’
Chandas: Mixed/prose-yajus (Yajus-formula)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स॒वि॒ता ते॒ शरी॑राणि मा॒तुरु॒पस्थ॒ आ व॑पतु । तस्मै॑ पृथिवि॒ शं भ॑व
Transliteration
savítā te śárīrāṇi mā́tur upástha ā́ vapatu | tásmai pṛthivi śáṃ bhava
Translation
ขอพระสวิตฤ (Savitar) จงปั้นแต่งกายทั้งหลายของท่าน ณ ตักแห่งมารดา; เพื่อท่านนั้น โอ้แผ่นดิน ขอจงเป็นมงคล.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
सविता । ते । शरीराणि । मातुः-उपस्थे । आ । वपतु । तस्मै । पृथिवि । शम् । भव
Word by Word
सविताSavitar (the impelling deity)
सविता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
शरीराणिbodies
शरीराणि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
मातुःof the mother
मातुः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
उपस्थेin the lap / on the womb-region
उपस्थे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootउपस्थ
आtowards; forth; completely
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ
वपतुmay (he) place/implant/shape
वपतु:
कर्तृ (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वप् (वपन) / √वप् (वप्—to strew, to sow; also ‘to shave/cut’)
तस्मैto him / for him
तस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
पृथिविO Earth
पृथिवि:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
शम्well-being; auspiciously
शम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम्
भवbe (become)
भव:
कर्तृ (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू
Entities Mentioned
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Savitṛ (Savitar)P
Pṛthivī (Earth)Ritual Context
Viniyoga (Ritual Application)
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