Mantra 16

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इरावेदुमयं दत

IAST Transliteration

irā́ vedúm ayám data

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Nourishment take knowledge of this; do ye bestow (it) here.

Word by Word

• इरा: Iḍā/Ilā; nourishment, refreshment; (name of a goddess/personified food)
• इरा: Kartā (कर्तृ/आह्वान-रूपेण) अथवा Adhikaraṇa (देवता-नामरूपेण) संदर्भानुसार
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरा (प्रातिपदिक) / इळा

• वेदु: may (she/it) know; let (her/it) perceive/recognize
• वेदु: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया); कर्ता = ‘इरा’
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) — ‘जानाति’

• उमयम्: ‘umayaṃ’ (obscure Vedic word); possibly ‘connected with Umā / endowed with Umā’; object of ‘know’
• उमयम्: Karma (कर्म) — ‘वेदु’ इत्यस्य ज्ञेय-वस्तु
• Type: Adjective (uncertain lexical status) / possibly Noun
• Root: उमय (प्रातिपदिक) — ‘उमा-सम्बन्धिन्/उमा-युक्त’ (वैदिक विशेषण) अथवा ‘उम’ इति ध्वन्यात्मक-आह्वान-शब्दः + -यम्

• दत: give!; bestow!
• दत: Kriyā (आदेशक्रिया); कर्ता = (त्वम्) अव्यक्तः; कर्म = (अभिप्रेतं दान-वस्तु) अव्यक्तम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) — ‘ददाति’

Attribution

Rishi: Late compilation layer (AV 20 is predominantly Ṛgvedic material); specific r̥ṣi not securely assignable for this fragment in isolation.

Devata: Iḍā / Nourishment (functional devatā)

Chandas: Uncertain (fragmentary pāda; likely part of a larger metrical context)

Mantra Rasa

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