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

循着古老的座处（祭位），这些献供者——以爱敬而献——铺陈祭草，安置供物；依循先前的轨则，具备妥善准备（hita-prayasa），遂达成所指定仪式的圆满成就。

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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