Mantra 4

Sukta 139

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयं वां घर्मो अश्विना स्तोमेन परि षिच्यते । अयं सोमो मधुमान्वाजिनीवसू येन वृत्रं चिकेतथः

IAST Transliteration

ayáṁ vāṁ gharmó aśvinā stómena pári sicyate | ayáṁ sómo mádhumān vājīnīvasū yéna vṛtráṁ cikétathaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This Gharma, O Aśvins, for you is sprinkled round with laud; This Soma, honey-rich, O ye of prize-winning wealth, whereby ye marked (and mastered) Vṛtra.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• घर्मः: the hot drink/oblation (gharma)
• घर्मः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोमेन: with a hymn of praise
• स्तोमेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/particle)
• Root: परि

• षिच्यते: is poured/sprinkled
• षिच्यते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (सिञ्चति) धातुः

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमः: Soma (the pressed juice)
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमान्: honey-sweet; rich in sweetness
• मधुमान्: Viśeṣaṇa (of सोमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिनीवसू: O you two who possess prize-winning wealth
• वाजिनीवसू: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वाजिनीवसु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिः/कर्मधारयः—वैदिक देव-विशेषणम्)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्रम्: Vṛtra (the obstructor)
• वृत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकेतथः: you two perceived/recognized
• चिकेतथः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (चेतति) धातुः

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Aśvin hymn material (Kāṇva-associated in this cluster)

Devata: Aśvinau (with Soma/Gharma as ritual foci)

Chandas: Mixed (RV-style; effectively Anuṣṭubh with extended cadence in second line)

Mantra Rasa

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