Mantra 15

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्रोड आसीज्जामिशंसस्य सोमस्य कलशो धृतः । देवाः संगत्य यत् सर्व ऋषभं व्यकल्पयन्

IAST Transliteration

króḍa ā́sīj jā́miśaṁsasya sómasya kalaśó dhṛtáḥ | devā́ḥ saṁgátya yát sárva ṛṣabháṁ vyàkalpayan ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A lap there was: for Soma of the self-praising kinsman the jar was firmly held. When all the Gods, assembled in one accord, set forth and duly ordered the Bull.

Word by Word

• क्रोडः: lap; bosom (as the ‘seat/holder’)
• क्रोडः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोड (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• जामिशंसस्य: of the kin-imprecation / of the hostile curse
• जामिशंसस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामिशंस (प्रातिपदिक; जामि-शंस ‘kin-cursing/hostile imprecation’)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• कलशः: jar; vessel
• कलशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश (प्रातिपदिक)

• धृतः: held; placed; supported
• धृतः: (कर्तृ/भाववाचक-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √धृ (धारणे) → धृत (क्त-प्रत्यय)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• संगत्य: having assembled; coming together
• संगत्य: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable (gerund)
• Root: सम्-√गम् (गत्यर्थ) → संगत्य (क्त्वा/ल्यप्-अव्ययभाव)

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

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Kartā (with देवाः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषभम्: the bull; the chief/most excellent one
• ऋषभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यकल्पयन्: they arranged; they fashioned; they prepared
• व्यकल्पयन्: (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√कॢप् (कल्पने/विकल्पने) → व्यकल्पयन्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 9.4; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angirasic material).

Devata: Ṛṣabha (Bull) as power-symbol; secondarily Soma and the collective Devas.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section; to be confirmed per pada-count in critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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