Mantra 21

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयं पिपान इन्द्र इद् रयिं दधातु चेतनीम्। अयं धेनुं सुदुघां नित्यवत्सां वशं दुहां विपश्चितं परो दिवः

IAST Transliteration

ayáṁ pipā́na índra íd rayíṁ dadhātu cetanī́m | ayáṁ dhenúṁ sudúghāṁ nítyavatsāṁ váśaṁ duhā́ṁ vipaścítaṁ paró diváḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This Indra, waxing full, shall verily bestow quickening wealth. This (gift) shall bring a milch-cow, good at milking, ever with calf, obedient to the hand, yielding milk—wise—(a boon) from beyond the heaven.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिपानः: drinking / invigorated (by drinking)
• पिपानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: पा (धातु) → पिपान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; परस्मैपदी)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed / just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात/अव्यय)

• रयिम्: wealth, riches
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधातु: may he place / bestow
• दधातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• चेतनीम्: quickening, animating (wealth)
• चेतनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चेतनी (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; ‘चेतना-युक्ता/प्रेरयित्री’)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धेनुम्: milch-cow
• धेनुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदुघाम्: good-milking, yielding well
• सुदुघाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघा (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुह् ‘to milk’)

• नित्यवत्साम्: with an ever-present calf
• नित्यवत्साम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य-वत्सा (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a constant calf’)

• वशम्: control, dominion
• वशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुहाम्: milking out (yielding)
• दुहाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: दुह् (धातु) → दुह (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• विपश्चितम्: wise, discerning
• विपश्चितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-पश्चित् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘clear-seeing, wise’)

• परः: far, beyond
• परः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: from heaven / of heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Indra (primary); cow as beneficiary-object

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic cadence; longer pāda in second half suggests non-strict anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

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