Mantra 1

Sukta 69

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वर्चःप्राप्तिः। गिरावरगराटेषु हिरण्ये गोषु यद् यशः । सुरायां सिच्यमानायां कीलाले मधु तन्मयि

IAST Transliteration

várcaḥ-prā́ptiḥ | gírāv arágarā́ṭeṣu híraṇye góṣu yád yáśaḥ | surā́yāṃ sicyámānāyāṃ kīlā́le mádhu tán máyí ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Attainment of splendour. What fame (there is) in speech, in stony places, in gold, among cows—what glory (there is) in surā as it is being poured, in the sweet kīlāla, (what) honey—let that be in me.

Word by Word

• गिरा: in/among the mountain
• गिरा: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवरगराṭेषु: in the lower/under-ground pits/cavities (places called avaragarāṭa)
• अवरगराṭेषु: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवरगराṭ (प्रातिपदिक; स्थान/वस्तु-नाम)

• हिरण्ये: in gold
• हिरण्ये: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोषु: among cows
• गोषु: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यशः: glory, fame, splendor
• यशः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुरायाम्: in surā (liquor)
• सुरायाम्: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिच्यमानायाम्: while being poured/being infused
• सिच्यमानायाम्: अधिकारण
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: √सिच् (सिञ्चति) + शानच् (वर्तमान-कर्तरि/कर्मणि कृदन्त; here कर्मणि)

• कीलाले: in the sweet drink/wort (kīlāla)
• कीलाले: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीलाल (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधु: honey; sweetness
• मधु: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मयि: in me
• मयि: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Varcas/Yasas (personified splendour and fame; not a single named deity)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; with heading identifying the karman)

Mantra Rasa

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