Mantra 4

Sukta 55

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रातःप्रातर्गृहपतिर्नो अग्निः सायंसायं सौमनसस्य दाता। वसोर्वसोर्वसुदान एधीन्धानास्त्वा शतंहिमा ऋधेम

IAST Transliteration

prātáḥ-prātar gṛhápatir no agníḥ sāyáṃ-sāyaṃ saumanásasya dātā́ | vásor-vásor vasudā́na édhy índhānās tvā śatáṃ hí imā́ ṛdhéma ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Morning by morning may Agni be our Lord of the house; evening by evening the Giver of good accord. O giver of wealth upon wealth, increase: kindling thee, indeed may we win these gains an hundredfold.

Translation

Sáng này qua sáng khác, nguyện Agni là Chủ của gia thất chúng con; chiều này qua chiều khác, nguyện Ngài là Đấng ban tâm hòa thuận. Hỡi Đấng ban của cải chồng của cải, xin gia tăng. Chúng con nhóm lửa Ngài; thật vậy, xin cho chúng con đạt những lợi lộc này gấp trăm lần.

Word by Word

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)

• प्रातः: in the morning (again/each morning)
• प्रातः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)

• गृहपतिः: the house-lord; master of the house
• गृहपतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहपति (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अग्निः: Agni; the fire (deity)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय)

• सायम्: in the evening (again/each evening)
• सायम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय)

• सौमनसस्य: of good will / of gladness
• सौमनसस्य: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमनस (प्रातिपदिक)

• दाता: giver
• दाता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from √दा ‘to give’)

• वसोः: of wealth / of goods
• वसोः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसोः: of wealth (again/abundantly)
• वसोः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुदानः: wealth-giving
• वसुदानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसुदान (प्रातिपदिक; bahuvrīhi/karma-dhāraya ‘wealth-giving’)

• एधि: prosper! / grow strong!
• एधि: (addressed to Agni) Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इध् (एध्) ‘to prosper, to grow, to kindle’

• इन्धानाः: kindling (you) / as we kindle
• इन्धानाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इन्ध् ‘to kindle’ (present middle participle) इन्धान

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Numeral
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिमा: winters; cold seasons
• हिमा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋधेम: may we prosper / may we thrive
• ऋधेम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋध् ‘to prosper, thrive’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic tradition (Book 19 compilation)

Devata: Agni Gṛhapati

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (anuṣṭubh-like)

Mantra Rasa

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