Mantra 22

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या देवीः पञ्च प्रदिशो ये देवा द्वादशर्तवः । संवत्सरस्य ये दंष्ट्रास्ते नः सन्तु सदा शिवाः

IAST Transliteration

yā́ devī́ḥ páñca pradíśo yé devā́ dvā́daśa ṛtávaḥ | saṃvatsarásya yé daṃṣṭrā́s té naḥ santu sadā́ śivā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Goddesses that are the Five Directions, the Gods that are the Twelve Seasons, the fangs of the Year—let them be for us ever gracious and benign.

Translation

为五方之女神者，为十二时节之诸神者，为岁年之獠牙者——愿彼等于我等恒常吉祥、慈惠而安善。

Word by Word

• याः: who (those)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवीः: goddesses
• देवीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक) < देव

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Viśeṣaṇa (of प्रदिशः)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रदिशः: directions/quarters
• प्रदिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश् (प्रातिपदिक) < प्र + दिश्

• ये: who (those)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Viśeṣaṇa (of ऋतवः)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: द्वादशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतवः: seasons
• ऋतवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• संवत्सरस्य: of the year
• संवत्सरस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who (those)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दंष्ट्राः: fangs; biting powers
• दंष्ट्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary: for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सन्तु: may (they) be
• सन्तु: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• शिवाः: auspicious; kindly
• शिवाः: Kartā / Predicate adjective (of ते)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-context seer not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Pradiś (Directions), Ṛtavaḥ (Seasons), Saṃvatsara (Year) as cosmic powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.; pāda structure consistent with AV śānti verses)

Mantra Rasa

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