Mantra 6
Sukta 10
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
(११) तस्या इन्द्रो वत्स आसीद् गायत्र्यऽभिधान्यभ्रमूधः
IAST Transliteration
tasyā́ índro vatsá āsīd gāyatrī́ ’bhidhā́ny abhrámūdhaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Of her Indra was the calf; Gāyatrī her names of calling; her udder was the cloud.
Word by Word
तस्याःof her / of that (female)
तस्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तस्या
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वत्सःcalf
वत्सः:
कर्तृ (समास/समानाधिकरण-विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (असँ)
गायत्रीGāyatrī (metre / goddess)
गायत्री:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिधानिnames / appellations
अभिधानि:
कर्म (अर्थतः ‘नामानि’)
TypeNoun
Rootअभिधानि (प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसक, बहुवचन)
अभ्रमूधःcloud-uddered (having a cloud as udder); cloud-udder
अभ्रमूधः:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootअभ्रमूधन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अभ्र’ + ‘मूधन्/मूर्धन्’)
Attribution
Rishi: Not specified in input
Devata: Prosperity as cow-like sustaining power; associated with Indra and Gāyatrī as functional correlates
Chandas: Not specified in input for this mantra; internal mention of ‘Gāyatrī’ is symbolic and not necessarily the meter of the line
Mantra Rasa
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