Mantra 9

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथाग्रे त्वं वनस्पते पुष्ठ्या सह जज्ञिषे। एवा धनस्य मे स्फातिमा दधातु सरस्वती

IAST Transliteration

yáthāgre tváṃ vanaspate púṣṭhyā sahá jajñíṣe | evá dhánasya me sphātím ā́ dadhātu sárasvatī ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As, in the beginning, thou, O Lord of the Forest, wast born together with thriving—so may Sarasvatī bestow on me the increase of wealth.

Translation

Như thuở ban đầu, hỡi Chúa của rừng cây, ngươi đã sinh ra cùng với sự thịnh vượng; cũng vậy, nguyện Sarasvatī ban cho ta sự tăng trưởng của của cải.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Adhikaraṇa (उपमान-सम्बन्धे) / वाक्योपपादक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• अग्रे: at first; in the beginning
• अग्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वनस्पते: O Lord of the forest (tree/wood-spirit)
• वनस्पते: (Sambodhana; addressed entity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुष्ठ्या: with nourishment; with prosperity
• पुष्ठ्या: Karaṇa (सहचर्य/साधनभावे) / सहार्थे
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: Karaṇa-सहकारक-सम्बन्धसूचक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)

• जज्ञिषे: you were born; you arose
• जज्ञिषे: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनि प्रादुर्भावे) / ‘to be born, arise’

• एवा: even so; just so
• एवा: (वाक्य-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय) + आ (उपसर्ग/निपात) → एवा

• धनस्य: of wealth
• धनस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: for me; my
• मे: Sampradāna (for me) / Sambandha (my)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्फातिम्: increase; abundance
• स्फातिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्फाति (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: unto; fully
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• दधातु: may (she) place; may (she) bestow
• दधातु: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Vanaspati (audumbara) and Sarasvatī (bestower of prosperity through speech)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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