Mantra 4

Sukta 139

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयं वां घर्मो अश्विना स्तोमेन परि षिच्यते । अयं सोमो मधुमान्वाजिनीवसू येन वृत्रं चिकेतथः

IAST Transliteration

ayáṁ vāṁ gharmó aśvinā stómena pári sicyate | ayáṁ sómo mádhumān vājīnīvasū yéna vṛtráṁ cikétathaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This Gharma, O Aśvins, for you is sprinkled round with laud; This Soma, honey-rich, O ye of prize-winning wealth, whereby ye marked (and mastered) Vṛtra.

Translation

يا أشفين، هذا الغَرْما لكما يُرَشُّ من حوله بالتسبيح والمديح. وهذا السُّوما غزيرُ العسل، يا صاحبي الثروة الظافرة؛ به عرفتُما فِرِترا وأخضعتماه.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• घर्मः: the hot drink/oblation (gharma)
• घर्मः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोमेन: with a hymn of praise
• स्तोमेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/particle)
• Root: परि

• षिच्यते: is poured/sprinkled
• षिच्यते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (सिञ्चति) धातुः

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमः: Soma (the pressed juice)
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमान्: honey-sweet; rich in sweetness
• मधुमान्: Viśeṣaṇa (of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिनीवसू: O you two who possess prize-winning wealth
• वाजिनीवसू: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वाजिनीवसु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिः/कर्मधारयः—वैदिक देव-विशेषणम्)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्रम्: Vṛtra (the obstructor)
• वृत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकेतथः: you two perceived/recognized
• चिकेतथः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (चेतति) धातुः

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Aśvin hymn material (Kāṇva-associated in this cluster)

Devata: Aśvinau (with Soma/Gharma as ritual foci)

Chandas: Mixed (RV-style; effectively Anuṣṭubh with extended cadence in second line)

Mantra Rasa

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