Mantra 6

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

राजसूयं वाजपेयमग्निष्टोमस्तदध्वरः । अर्काश्वमेधावुच्छिष्टे जीवबर्हिर्मदिन्तमः

IAST Transliteration

rājasū́yaṃ vājapéyam agniṣṭómas tád adhvaráḥ | arkā́śvamedhā́v ucchíṣṭe jīvábarhir madíntamaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Rājasūya, the Vājapeya, the Agniṣṭoma—this is the sacrifice; the Arka and the Aśvamedha, within the Ucchiṣṭa—having living barhis, most exhilarating.

Translation

রাজসূয়, বাজপেয়, অগ্নিষ্টোম—এটাই অধ্বর (যজ্ঞ)। অর্ক ও অশ্বমেধ—উচ্ছিষ্টের মধ্যে; জীবন্ত বর্হি (কুশ-আসন)যুক্ত, সর্বাধিক মদনীয়/উদ্দীপক।

Word by Word

राजसूयम्the Rājasūya (royal consecration sacrifice)

वाजपेयंthe Vājapeya sacrifice

अग्निष्टोमःthe Agniṣṭoma (a Soma-sacrifice)

तत्that

अध्वरःthe rite/sacrifice (adhvara)

अर्काश्वमेधौthe Arka(-rite) and the Aśvamedha

उच्छिष्टेin/with the remainder, in the leavings (ucca-śiṣṭa)

जीवबर्हिः(the one) whose sacrificial grass is living/fresh

मदिन्तमःmost exhilarating/most intoxicating

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Brahmavādin attribution (varies)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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