Mantra 1

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

खिलानि । इदं जना उप श्रुत नराशंस स्तविष्यते । षष्टिं सहस्रा नवतिं च कौरम आ रुशमेषु दद्महे

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ jánā́ úpa śruta nárāśáṃsa staviṣyate | ṣaṣṭíṃ sahásrā́ navatíṃ ca kaurám ā́ rúśam éṣu dadmahe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hear this, ye people, draw nigh and hearken: Nārāśaṃsa shall be lauded. Sixty thousand, and ninety more, a Kuru-gift—unto Rúśa, among these, we bestow it.

Word by Word

• खिलानि: (the) fragments/leftovers; odds and ends
• खिलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खिल (प्रातिपदिक) / खिल (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near; towards; (as preverb) up/near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• श्रुत: O renowned one; O famous one
• श्रुत: —
• Type: Participle
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त, क्त)

• नराशंसः: Narāśaṃsa (the praise of men / a deity)
• नराशंसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराशंस (प्रातिपदिक; देवता/ऋषि-नाम)

• स्तविष्यते: will be praised
• स्तविष्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)

• षष्टिम्: sixty
• षष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सहस्र (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• नवतिम्: ninety
• नवतिम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: नवति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• कौरम्: belonging to the Kuru/Kauras; Kaurava
• कौरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Kaur(a)’-सम्बन्धी)

• आ: towards; unto; (as preverb) in/unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रुशम्: ruśa (a specified creature/term)
• रुशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुश (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रुश’ = a kind of animal/term in AV context)

• एषु: in/among these
• एषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एषद्/एतद्

• दद्महे: we give; we bestow
• दद्महे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) ‘to give’

Attribution

Rishi: Khila/Anukramaṇī tradition uncertain; Book 20 often assigns Ṛgvedic attributions; here treated as ancillary laud-verse.

Devata: Nārāśaṃsa (personified praise; sometimes linked with Agni/ritual laudation)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as in many RV-style laud verses; exact metrical diagnosis uncertain without full pada-count verification)

Mantra Rasa

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