Mantra 23

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनु प्रत्नस्यौकसः प्रियमेधास एषाम्। पूर्वामनु प्रयतिं वृक्तबर्हिषो हितप्रयस आशत

IAST Transliteration

ánu pratnásyaukásaḥ priyámédhāsa eṣām | pū́rvām ánu práyatiṃ vṛ́ktabarhiṣo hitáprayasa āśata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Following the ancient seat, these dear-offerers—having strewn the grass and set the oblations—attained, in accordance with the former course, the appointed rite’s successful end.

Translation

Theo chỗ ngồi tế tự xưa cổ, những người dâng lễ đáng mến ấy—đã rải cỏ tế và đặt sẵn lễ vật—noi theo lộ trình trước kia, với sự chuẩn bị đúng phép (hita-prayasa), đã đạt đến sự viên mãn thành tựu của nghi lễ đã được ấn định.

Word by Word

• अनु: after; along; in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रत्नस्य: of the ancient/primeval
• प्रत्नस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओकसः: of the dwelling/house; of the abode
• ओकसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियमेधासः: the wise/ritualists of dear (beloved) wisdom; ‘Priyamedhas’ (a class/name)
• प्रियमेधासः: कर्तृ (of implied verb ‘are/go’ etc.)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्रियमेधस् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• एषाम्: of these; of them
• एषाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वाम्: the former/earlier (one)
• पूर्वाम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रयतिम्: the advance/setting forth; the course/going
• प्रयतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्तबर्हिषः: (those) whose sacrificial grass is cut/trimmed
• वृक्तबर्हिषः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृक्त-बर्हिस् (समास; वृक्त = √व्रज्/√वृज् ‘to cut/trim’ as past part. + बर्हिस् ‘sacrificial grass’)

• हितप्रयासः: (those) with well-directed/placed efforts
• हितप्रयासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित-प्रयस्/प्रयास (समास; हित ‘placed/arranged’ + प्रयास ‘effort/impulse’)

• आशत: they reached/attained
• आशत: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नुते/अश्नोति ‘to reach, attain’)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived attribution (source dependent)

Devata: Ritual order / the successful rite (often treated as addressed to Indra or to the sacrificial process in RV contexts)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (RV reuse)

Mantra Rasa

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