Mantra 18
Sukta 1
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यद् गिरिषु पर्वतेषु गोष्वश्वेषु यन्मधु । सुरायां सिच्यमानायां यत् तत्र मधु तन्मयि
IAST Transliteration
yád giríṣu párvateṣu góṣv áśveṣu yán mádhu | surā́yāṃ sicyámānāyāṃ yát tátra mádhu tán máyí ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
What honey-sweet essence is in hills and mountains, what is in cows, what in horses; what honey is there in surā when it is being poured—what sweetness is therein, let that be in me.
Translation
পাহাৰ-পর্বতত যি মধুময় সাৰ আছে, গাইত যি আছে, ঘোঁৰাত যি আছে; সুৰা ঢালোঁতে তাত যি মধু-মাধুৰ্য থাকে—সেই তাত থকা মধু-মাধুৰ্য মোৰ ভিতৰত হওক।
Word by Word
यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
Karma (यत्…तत् = ‘whatever…that’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गिरिषुin (the) mountains
गिरिषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वतेषुon/in the peaks (mountains)
पर्वतेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
गोषुamong/in cows
गोषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वेषुamong/in horses
अश्वेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
Karma (यद्-तद् सम्बन्ध)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मधुhoney/sweetness
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
सुरायाम्in surā (liquor)
सुरायाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
सिच्यमानायाम्(when it is) being poured
सिच्यमानायाम्:
Adhikaraṇa (सुरायाम्…सिच्यमानायाम् = ‘while/in which it is being poured’)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Root√सिच् (सिञ्चति) + शानच् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, कर्मणि/मध्य) → सिच्यमान
यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तत्रthere/in that (place/condition)
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
मधुhoney/sweetness
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मयिin me
मयि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)
Devata: Madhu/essence as quasi-personified potency (no single deity foregrounded)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta