Mantra 8

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परिच्छिन्नः क्षेममकरोत् तम आसनमाचरन्। कुलायन् कृण्वन् कौरव्यः पतिर्वदति जायया

IAST Transliteration

paricchínnaḥ kṣémam akarot tám āsánam ā́caran | kulā́yan kṛṇván kauravyáḥ pátir vádati jāyáyā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Enclosed about, he made security; that seat he occupied in wonted course. Nesting, building, the Kuru prince—the lord—speaks with his wife.

Word by Word

• परिच्छिन्नः: cut off / separated / delimited
• परिच्छिन्नः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√छिद् (छिदँ अवच्छेदने) → क्त (PPP) = परिच्छिन्न

• क्षेमम्: security, welfare, safety
• क्षेमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अकरोत्: made / did
• अकरोत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (कृञ् करणे)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आसनम्: seat; sitting-place
• आसनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)

• आचरन्: practising; performing; behaving
• आचरन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√चर् (चरँ गत्याचरणयोः)

• कुलायन्: nesting; making a nest
• कुलायन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कुलाय (प्रातिपदिक) → √कुलाय्/कुलायय् (denom.)

• कृण्वन्: doing; making
• कृण्वन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (कृञ् करणे)

• कौरव्यः: the Kaurava (man of the Kuru line)
• कौरव्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य (प्रातिपदिक; कुरु-वंशसम्बन्धी)

• पतिः: husband; lord
• पतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वदति: speaks; says
• वदति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (वदँ व्यक्तायां वाचि)

• जायया: with (his) wife
• जायया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाया (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt alone (AV 20 RV-derived corpus).

Devata: Royal kṣema/order (conceptual); implicitly the king as ritual subject.

Chandas: RV-style; exact meter requires syllable count.

Mantra Rasa

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