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Mantra 41

Sukta 3

वसोर्या धारा मधुना प्रपीना घृतेन मिश्रा अमृतस्य नाभयः । सर्वास्ता अव रुन्धे स्वर्गः षष्ट्यां शरत्सु निधिपा अभीच्छात्

váso ryā́ dhā́rā mádhunā prápīnā ghṛténa miśrā́ amṛ́tasya nā́bhayaḥ | sárvā́s tā́ áva rundhe svargáḥ ṣaṣṭyā́ṃ śarátsu nidhípā abhī́cchāt

The streams of Wealth—those full-fed with honey, blended with ghee—are the very hubs of Immortality. All these doth Heaven shut in and make secure: the Treasure-keeper hath desired them for the sixtieth year, through the rounds of autumns.

वसोःof wealth / of the Vasus (wealth-givers)
वसोः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु
याwhich
या:
कर्तृ (of the copular/elliptic clause)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धाराstream, flow
धारा:
कर्तृ/विषय
TypeNoun
Rootधारा
मधुनाwith honey
मधुना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमधु
प्रपीनाfilled, abundant
प्रपीना:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective (past participial) / Kṛdanta
Rootप्र-√पी (पीञ्/प्याय् ‘to swell, be full, be rich’)
घृतेनwith ghee
घृतेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootघृत
मिश्राःmixed
मिश्राः:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमिश्र
अमृतस्यof immortality / of ambrosia
अमृतस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत
नाभयःnavels, hubs, centers
नाभयः:
कर्तृ/विषय
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (pronominal)
Rootसर्व
ताःthose
ताः:
कर्तृ (apposition to सर्वाः)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
अवdown, away; completely
अव:
(verb-modifier)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / particle
Rootअव
रुन्धेrestrains, blocks, shuts in
रुन्धे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रुध् (रुधिर्/रुध्) ‘to obstruct, restrain, shut in’
स्वर्गःheaven, the heavenly world
स्वर्गः:
कर्तृ/विषय
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग
षष्ट्याम्in the sixtieth
षष्ट्याम्:
अधिकरण (time-locative)
TypeNumeral (as noun)
Rootषष्टि
शरत्सुin (the) autumns / years
शरत्सु:
अधिकरण (time-locative)
TypeNoun
Rootशरद्
निधिपाःtreasure-keepers, guardians of the deposit
निधिपाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनिधिप (निधि + पा ‘protector/keeper’)
अभीच्छात्desired, sought (for)
अभीच्छात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-√इष्/√इच्छ् (इष्/इच्छ् ‘to desire, seek’)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable).

Devata: Vasu/Wealth, Svarga (as securing power), Amṛta (immortality-essence).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).

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