Mantra 2

Sukta 58

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथेन्द्रो द्यावापृथिव्योर्यशस्वान् यथाप ओषधीषु यशस्वतीः । एवा विश्वेषु देवेषु वयं सर्वेषु यशसः स्याम

IAST Transliteration

yáthéndró dyā́vā-pṛthivyór yaśasvā́n yáthā́pa óṣadhīṣu yaśasvatī́ḥ | evá víśveṣu devéṣu vayáṃ sárveṣu yaśásaḥ syāma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As Indra is renowned in Heaven and Earth, as the Waters are renowned among the plants, so among all the gods, so among all men, may we be possessed of fame.

Translation

如因陀罗在天与地之间享有盛名，如诸水在诸草药（oṣadhi）之中享有盛名；如是，在一切诸神之中，在一切人众之中，愿我们得具名望与荣耀。

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यावा-पृथिव्योः: of Heaven and Earth
• द्यावा-पृथिव्योः: Adhikaraṇa (locative-sense domain) / Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-समास; द्यौ + पृथिवी)

• यशस्वान्: glorious, possessed of fame
• यशस्वान्: Kartā (as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; यशस् + वत्/इन्)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधीषु: among/in the herbs
• ओषधीषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यशस्वतीः: glorious, fame-bearing
• यशस्वतीः: Kartā (as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्वती (प्रातिपदिक; यशस् + वती)

• एव: thus, in the same way
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• विश्वेषु: in all
• विश्वेषु: Adhikaraṇa (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यशसः: glories, fame(s)
• यशसः: Karma (as predicate complement) / Kartā (nominal predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective)

Devata: Indra; Āpaḥ (Waters); Viśve Devāḥ (All Gods)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (mixed AV prosody)

Mantra Rasa

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