Mantra 17

Sukta 129

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अजागार केविका

IAST Transliteration

ajā́gara kevikā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Wakeful one—Kevikā.

Word by Word

• अजागार: goat-pen; goats’ shed
• अजागार: अधिकरण (स्थानवाचक/वस्तुवाचक पद—‘अजाओं का घर/बाड़ा’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजागार (प्रातिपदिक; अजा + आगार)

• केविका: Kevikā (a female name/epithet; lit. ‘the Kevikā’)
• केविका: कर्तृ/सम्बोधन (पद-प्रयोग पर निर्भर; यहाँ नाम/उपाधि के रूप में)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet) / Adjective (context-dependent)
• Root: केविका (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain in isolation (Book 20 ancillary material).

Devata: A wakeful protective agent (possibly personified as a named being: Kevikā).

Chandas: Non-metrical / nominal fragment

Mantra Rasa

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