Mantra 17
Rishi: Āṅgirasa
Devata: Mighty praised deity (often Agni/Indra in such frames; requires rite-mapping confirmation)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र वो॑ म॒हे महि॒ नमो॑ भरध्वमाङ्गू॒ष्य॒ᳪ शवसा॒नाय॒ साम॑ । येना॑ न॒: पूर्वे॑ पि॒तर॑: पद॒ज्ञा अर्च॑न्तो॒ अङ्गि॑रसो॒ गा अवि॑न्दन्
Transliteration
prá vo mahé mahí námo bharadhvam āṅgū́ṣyaṃ śavasānā́ya sā́ma | yéna naḥ pū́rve pitáraḥ padájñā́ arcánto aṅgíraso gā́ avindan
Translation
Bring ye forth for the great one great reverence, a laudatory sāman for the mighty. By this (very chant) our forefathers, the track-knowing Aṅgirases, praising, found the cows.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
प्र । वः । महे । महि । नमः । भरध्वम् । आङ्गूष्यम् । शवसानाय । साम । येन । नः । पूर्वे । पितरः । पदज्ञाः । अर्चन्तः । अङ्गिरसः । गाः । अविन्दन्
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
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TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
वःto you (pl.)
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
महेto the great (one)
महे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमह् (प्रातिपदिक: महत्/महा)
महिgreatly, mightily
महि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमहि
नमःhomage
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्
भरध्वम्bear/bring (you all)!
भरध्वम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभृ
आङ्गूष्यम्hymnic, laudatory (as a chant)
आङ्गूष्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआङ्गूष्य
शवसानायto the mighty/strong one
शवसानाय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (participle used as noun-epithet)
Rootशवसान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < √श्वस्/श्वस (बल/प्राण)
सामa sāman-chant, melody
साम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसामन्
येनby which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
नःof us, our
नः:
—
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
पूर्वेformer, earlier
पूर्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व
पितरःfathers, forefathers
पितरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
पदज्ञाःknowers of the path/track
पदज्ञाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपदज्ञ
अर्चन्तःpraising, worshipping
अर्चन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootअर्च्
अङ्गिरसःthe Aṅgirases
अङ्गिरसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गिरस्
गाःcows
गाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो
अविन्दन्found, obtained
अविन्दन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (लभे/विन्दति)
Entities Mentioned
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Indra (probable ‘mighty one’)A
Agni (supporting, via Aṅgiras lineage)A
Aṅgirases (ancestral ṛṣis)Ritual Context
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