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Mantra 8

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional)
Devata: Yajña / Prajāpati; with Bhaga implicitly present as ‘fortune’
Chandas: Yajus (prose)

शं च॑ मे॒ मय॑श्च मे प्रि॒यं च॑ मेऽनुका॒मश्च॑ मे॒ काम॑श्च मे सौमन॒सश्च॑ मे॒ भग॑श्च मे॒ द्रवि॑णं च मे भ॒द्रं च॑ मे॒ श्रेय॑श्च मे॒ वसी॑यश्च मे॒ यश॑श्च मे य॒ज्ञेन॑ कल्पन्ताम्

śáṃ ca me máyaś ca me priyáṃ ca me ’nukā́maś ca me kā́maś ca me saumanasáś ca me bhágaś ca me dráviṇaṃ ca me bhadráṃ ca me śréyaś ca me vásīyaś ca me yáśaś ca me yajñéna kalpantām

Peace be mine, and delight be mine; mine be what is dear, and mine be favourable desire; mine be desire, and mine be good-mindedness; mine be fortune, and mine be wealth; mine be the auspicious good, and mine be the better; mine be the more excellent, and mine be glory: may these be duly ordered for me by means of the sacrifice.

शम् च मे । मयः च मे । प्रियम् च मे । अनुकामः च मे । कामः च मे । सौमनसः च मे । भगः च मे । द्रविणम् च मे । भद्रम् च मे । श्रेयः च मे । वसीयः च मे । यशः च मे । यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ।

शम्welfare, auspiciousness
शम्:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / शम्-
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
मयःdelight, happiness
मयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमयस्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
प्रियम्what is dear/pleasant
प्रियम्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रिय
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अनुकामःwish in accordance (favourable desire)
अनुकामः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअनुकाम
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
कामःdesire
कामः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सौमनसःgood-mindedness, cheerfulness
सौमनसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसौमनस
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
भगःfortune, prosperity
भगः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभग
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
द्रविणम्wealth, property
द्रविणम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्रविण
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
भद्रम्good, auspicious thing
भद्रम्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootभद्र
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
श्रेयःthe better, welfare, excellence
श्रेयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
वसीयःbetter, more excellent
वसीयः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (comparative)
Rootवसीयस् (वसु-तुल्य-तारतम्य) / वसु
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
यशःfame, glory
यशः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयशस्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
यज्ञेनby/with the sacrifice
यज्ञेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
कल्पन्ताम्may they be arranged/come to be (for me)
कल्पन्ताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकॢप् (कल्पते)
Y
Yajña
P
Prajāpati
B
Bhaga