Mantra 16
Sukta 1
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यथा मधु मधुकृतः संभरन्ति मधावधि । एवा मे अश्विना वर्च आत्मनि ध्रियताम्
IAST Transliteration
yáthā mádhu madhukŕ̥taḥ sáṃbharanti mádhāv ádhi | evā́ me aśvinā várca ātmáni dhriyatām ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
As the honey-makers gather honey and lay it up within the honey-store, even so, O Aśvins, let splendour be set and held within my very self.
Translation
যেনেকৈ মধু-কৰা মৌ-মাখি মধু সংগ্ৰহ কৰি মধুভাণ্ডাৰত সঞ্চয় কৰে, তেনেকৈ, হে অশ্বিনদ্বয়, মোৰ নিজৰ আত্মাতেই বৰ্ণ (দীপ্তি) স্থাপন হৈ ধৰি থাকক।
Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya-prātipadika)
मधुhoney
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (prātipadika)
मधुकृतःhoney-makers (bees)
मधुकृतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमधु-कृत् (prātipadika; kṛdanta)
संभरन्तिthey gather/bring together
संभरन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√भृ (भृ)
मधौin honey
मधौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (prātipadika)
अधिupon/into
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (avyaya)
एवso; just so
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (avyaya)
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (sarvanāman)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (Divine Twins)
अश्विना:
Kartā
TypeNoun (dual deity-name)
Rootअश्विन् (prātipadika)
वर्चःsplendour; vital radiance
वर्चः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्चस् (prātipadika)
आत्मनिin (my) self/person
आत्मनि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (prātipadika)
ध्रियताम्let it be held/established
ध्रियताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धृ
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)
Devata: Aśvins
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shringara
Secondary: shanta