Mantra 11

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुनर्दाय ब्रह्मजायां कृत्वा देवैर्निकिल्बिषम्। ऊर्जं पृथिव्या भक्त्वोरुगायमुपासते

IAST Transliteration

punardā́ya brahmajāyā́m kṛtvā́ deváiḥ níkilbiṣam | ū́rjaṃ pṛthivyā́ bhaktvóru-gāyám upā́sate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Having given back again the Brahman’s wife, and with the Gods made the sin to sink away, they, sharing Earth’s sustaining strength, sit near and worship Urugāya, the Wide-sung.

Translation

Họ trao trả lại người vợ của Bà-la-môn, và cùng với chư Thiên làm cho tội lỗi chìm lắng tiêu tan. Chia phần sức nuôi dưỡng của Đất (ūrj), họ ngồi gần mà thờ phụng Urugāya, Đấng được ca tụng rộng khắp.

Word by Word

• पुनर्दाय: let (him/it) give again; restore
• पुनर्दाय: (मुख्य क्रिया) विधेय
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुनर् (अव्यय) + दा (धातु)

• ब्रह्मजायाम्: the Brahman’s wife (brahma-wife)
• ब्रह्मजायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मजाया (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• कृत्वा: having made; having done
• कृत्वा: (क्रियाविशेषण) पूर्वकर्म
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• देवैः: by/with the gods
• देवैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• निकिल्बिषम्: sin, guilt, offence
• निकिल्बिषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिकम्) + नि- (उपसर्ग-भावः)

• ऊर्जम्: strength; nourishment
• ऊर्जम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• भक्त्वा: having shared/partaken; having distributed
• भक्त्वा: (क्रियाविशेषण) पूर्वकर्म
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)

• उरुगायम्: the wide-sung one (epithet of a deity)
• उरुगायम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उरुगाय (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• उपासते: they worship; they attend upon
• उपासते: (मुख्य क्रिया) विधेय
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic tradition (hymn attributed in the Anukramaṇī to Atharvan-type seers; exact r̥ṣi varies by school lists)

Devata: Urugāya (Viṣṇu) with the Gods as purifiers; also the moral power of Earth’s ‘ūrj’

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV social-legal hymns; pāda-structure consistent with anuṣṭubh usage)

Mantra Rasa

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