Mantra 2
Sukta 141
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
लोहितेन स्वधितिना मिथुनं कर्णयोः कृधि । अकर्तामश्विना लक्ष्म तदस्तु प्रजया बहु
IAST Transliteration
lóhitena svádhitinā mithunáṃ kárṇayoh kr̥dhí | ákartām aśvínā lákṣma tád astu prajáyā bahú ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
With the red-hued axe make thou a paired mark upon the ears. Let the Aśvins fashion the sign: so be it—abundant in progeny.
Word by Word
लोहि॑तेनwith the red (one)
लोहि॑तेन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootलोहित- (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वधि॑तिनाwith an axe/hatchet
स्वधि॑तिना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधिति- (प्रातिपदिक)
मिथु॒नम्a pair; a couple
मिथु॒नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमिथुन- (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्ण॑योःof/in the two ears
कर्ण॑योः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण- (प्रातिपदिक)
कृधिmake; place
कृधि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
अक॑र्ताम्let the two make/do
अक॑र्ताम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
अ॒श्विना॒the two Aśvins
अ॒श्विना॒:
Kartā
TypeNoun (dual deity-name)
Rootअश्विन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
लक्ष्मfortune; auspicious mark
लक्ष्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलक्ष्मी- (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तुlet it be
अस्तु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
प्र॒जया॑with offspring; by progeny
प्र॒जया॑:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा- (प्रातिपदिक)
ब॒हुmuch; abundant
ब॒हु:
(प्रकार/विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु- (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Aśvins (divine physicians); secondarily the auspicious ‘lakṣma’ as operative focus
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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