Atharva Veda 20.129.18: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 129, Mantra 18
Sukta 129
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अश्व॑स्य॒ वारो॑ गोशपद्य॒के
IAST Transliteration
áśvasya vā́ro gośapadyaké
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Horse’s covering (is) at Gośapadyaka.
Translation
Die Decke des Pferdes ist in Gośapadyaka.
Word by Word
अश्वस्यof the horse
अश्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
वारःcovering; protective enclosure; (horse-)trappings
वारः:
कर्तृ/विषय (subject/topic, context-dependent)
TypeNoun
Rootवार (प्रातिपदिक)
गोशपद्यकेO/that ‘cow-footed’ one; having (the mark/step) of a cow (epithet)
गोशपद्यके:
सम्बोधन/विशेषण (vocative/appositional epithet, context-dependent)
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound epithet)
Rootगो-शपद्यक (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Uncertain in isolation.
Devata: Protective ‘vāra’ (enclosure/covering) associated with the horse; possibly a localized protective power.
Chandas: Non-metrical / nominal fragment
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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