Mantra 8

Sukta 73

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हिङ्कृण्वती वसुपत्नी वसूनां वत्समिच्छन्ती मनसा न्यागन्। दुहामश्विभ्यां पयो अघ्न्येयं सा वर्धतां महते सौभगाय

IAST Transliteration

hiṅkṛṇvatī́ vasu-pátnī vásūnāṃ vatsám icchántī mánasā ny àgan | duhā́m aśvíbhyāṃ páyo aghnyéyaṃ sā́ vardhatāṃ mahaté sáubhagāya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Lowing, the Lady of wealth among all riches, desiring her calf in mind, she went down thereto. This inviolable cow yieldeth milk for the Aśvins: let her increase unto great good fortune.

Word by Word

• हि॒ङ्कृ॒ण्व॒ती: making the ‘hiṅ’ sound; lowing (as a cow)
• हि॒ङ्कृ॒ण्व॒ती: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: हिङ्कृ (धातु) / हिङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक) → हिङ्कृण्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• वसुपत्नी: the wife/lady of wealth (prosperity’s mistress)
• वसुपत्नी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसूनाम्: of riches; of goods
• वसूनाम्: Adhikaraṇa (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वत्सम्: the calf
• वत्सम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• इच्छन्ती: desiring; seeking
• इच्छन्ती: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु) → इच्छत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• मनसा: with the mind; mentally
• मनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; in; into (prefix)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आगन्: they came; they approached
• आगन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आ-गम्

• दुहाम्: let her milk
• दुहाम्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु)

• अश्विभ्याम्: for the Aśvins (the twin gods)
• अश्विभ्याम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पयः: milk
• पयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अघ्न्येयम्: (milk) of the inviolable cow; from the ‘not-to-be-killed’ one
• अघ्न्येयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक) → अघ्न्येय (विशेषण)

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• सा: she
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• वर्धताम्: let her grow; may she increase
• वर्धताम्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)

• महते: for great (…); for great(ly)
• महते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सौभागाय: for good fortune; for prosperity
• सौभागाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: As hymn-level attribution per anukramaṇī (verification needed).

Devata: Aśvins; Cow as sacral wealth-holder.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (verification needed).

Mantra Rasa

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