Mantra 3

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

को अर्जुन्याः पयः

IAST Transliteration

kó arjun’yā́ḥ páyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Who hath the milk of Arjunī?

Word by Word

• कः: who? (which one?)
• कः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → क-

• अर्जुन्याः: of Arjunī / of Arjunyā (name)
• अर्जुन्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (Proper/Name) / Noun
• Root: अर्जुनि (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग) / अर्जुन्य (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• पयः: milk; sap; nourishing fluid
• पयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग)

Attribution

Rishi: Khila / unspecified

Devata: Payas / Arjunī as named source

Chandas: Irregular (fragment)

Mantra Rasa

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