Mantra 11

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदाञ्जनाभ्यञ्जनमाहरन्त्याज्यमेव तत्

IAST Transliteration

yátā́ñjanābhyañjánam āháranty ā́jyam evá tát

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What anointing-unguent they bring—this, in very truth, is ghee.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)

• अञ्जनाभ्यञ्जनम्: collyrium/unguent (the anointing substance)
• अञ्जनाभ्यञ्जनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहरन्ति: they bring / fetch
• आहरन्ति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√हृ (हृ—हरति)

• आज्यम्: ghee (clarified butter)
• आज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from the excerpt alone (requires Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 9.6).

Devata: Ājya as sanctifying principle; ritual anointing as its correlate.

Chandas: Yajus-style identificatory prose.

Mantra Rasa

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