Mantra 1
Sukta 1.20
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (traditional for RV 1.20, associated with the R̥bhus/Indra complex in the hymn)
Devata: Primarily Indra (opening frames the hymn-offering for divine manifestation; subsequent verses involve Indra and the R̥bhus)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयं देवाय जन्मने स्तोमो विप्रेभिरासया । अकारि रत्नधातमः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
अ॒यं दे॒वाय॒ जन्म॑ने॒ स्तोमो॒ विप्रे॑भिरास॒या । अका॑रि रत्न॒धात॑मः ॥
Transliteration
ayáṃ devā́ya jánmane stómo víprebhir āsayā́ | ákāri ratnadhā́tamaḥ ||
Translation
This hymn has been fashioned by the seers with a fervent impulse for the divine birth—most able to set the treasure within us: a formation of speech that prepares the coming-to-be of the god in the human vessel.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
अ॒यम् । दे॒वाय॑ । जन्म॑ने । स्तोमः॑ । विप्रे॑भिः । आ॒स॒या । अका॑रि । र॒त्न॒ऽधात॑मः ॥अयम् । देवाय । जन्मने । स्तोमः । विप्रेभिः । आसया । अकारि । रत्नधातमः ॥ayam | devāya | janmane | stomaḥ | viprebhiḥ | āsayā | akāri | ratna-dhātamaḥ
Word by Word
अयम्this (one/this hymn)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवायfor the god
देवाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
जन्मनेfor (his) birth/origin
जन्मने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; √जन्)
स्तोमःpraise-hymn
स्तोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक; √स्तु)
विप्रेभिःby the inspired poets
विप्रेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आसयाwith the mouth
आसया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआसि/आस (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mouth’)
अकारिwas made / has been fashioned
अकारि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
रत्नधातमःmost treasure-bestowing
रत्नधातमः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootरत्न-धातम (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; रत्न + धातम < √धा ‘to place, bestow’)