Mantra 6
Sukta 29
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इरेव नोप दस्यति समुद्रइव पयो महत्। देवउसवासिनाविव शितिपान्नोप दस्यति
IAST Transliteration
írevá nópa dasyati samudrá iva páyo máhat | devóusavāsināv iva śitipā́nnópa dasyati ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
As Iḍā bestoweth nourishment, as ocean yieldeth mighty milk, so, like the divine Dawn-powers, the white-footed one bestoweth bounty upon us.
Word by Word
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
उपtowards, near; (as preverb)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप
दस्यतिattacks, harms, assails
दस्यति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदस् (दस्यति) / दस्य्
समुद्रःthe ocean
समुद्रः:
Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृ) / उपमान
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पयःmilk; sap; water
पयः:
Karma (उपमेय-विशेष्य) / उपमेय-गुण
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
महत्great, abundant
महत्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवौthe two gods
देवौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
उषसिat dawn; in the Dawn
उषसि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
नाव्two boats
नाव्:
Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृ) / उपमान
TypeNoun
Rootनौ (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
शितिपान्having a speckled/white drink; (epithet)
शितिपान्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootशितिपान् (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण)
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
उपtowards; (as preverb)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप
दस्यतिattacks, harms
दस्यति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदस् (दस्यति) / दस्य्
Attribution
Rishi: As per AV anukramaṇī for 3.29.
Devata: Īrā/Iḍā (nourishment), Samudra (as abundance image), and the śitipāda (gift-object as quasi-devatā).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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