Mantra 7
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यस्ते शृङ्गवृषो नपात् प्रणपात् कुण्डपाय्यः । न्यस्मिन्दध्र आ मनः
IAST Transliteration
yás te śṛṅgavṛ́ṣo napā́t práṇapāt kuṇḍapā́yyaḥ | ní asmín dadhré ā́ mánaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
That horned Bull—thy offspring, thy mightier offspring, the bowl-drinker—hath set his mind down upon this (man).
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्तृ (यः—सम्बन्धवाक्ये कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour / of you
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of you/your’
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शृङ्गवृषःthe horned bull (epithet)
शृङ्गवृषः:
कर्तृ (यः…शृङ्गवृषः—विशेषण/उपाधि)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशृङ्ग-वृष (समास-प्रातिपदिक; वृष ‘bull’ + शृङ्ग ‘horn’)
नपात्offspring/descendant; ‘son’
नपात्:
कर्तृ (यः…नपात्)
TypeNoun
Rootनपात् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रणपात्fore-descendant / eminent offspring (epithet)
प्रणपात्:
कर्तृ (यः…प्रणपात्)
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-नपात् (उपसर्गपूर्वक-प्रातिपदिक)
कुण्डपाय्यःKundapāyya (a named/epithetic being; lit. ‘connected with the pot/drinking-vessel’)
कुण्डपाय्यः:
कर्तृ (यः…कुण्डपाय्यः)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootकुण्डपाय्य (प्रातिपदिक; य-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण)
निdown, into
नि:
— (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
अधिकरण (locative: ‘in this’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दध्रःhas placed/has held fast
दध्रः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = यः…; कर्म/अधिकरणं सह)
TypeVerb
Root√धृ (धारणे) → दध्र (परिपूर्ण/स्थिर-भाववाचक; परस्मैपदी-लिट्/परफेक्ट-रूप)
आtowards, into
आ:
— (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मनःmind
मनः:
कर्म (what is placed/held: ‘mind’)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Ṛgvedic source attribution (as per underlying RV hymn)
Devata: Indra (and his empowered emanation associated with Soma-drinking)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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