Mantra 14
Sukta 1.38
Rishi: Ghoṣā Kāksīvatī (traditional)
Devata: Parjanya (as simile) / the power of mantra; hymn context remains Maruts-cycle but verse foregrounds poetic craft
Chandas: Gāyatrī explicitly referenced; the verse instructs singing gāyatra (meter-reference may be meta-poetic rather than the verse’s own meter)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मिमीहि श्लोकमास्ये पर्जन्य इव ततनः । गाय गायत्रमुक्थ्यम् ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
मि॒मी॒हि श्लोक॑मा॒स्ये॑ प॒र्जन्य॑ इव ततनः । गाय॑ गाय॒त्रमु॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥
Transliteration
mimī́hi ślókām āsýe parjányá iva tátanaḥ | gā́ya gāyatrám ukthyàm ||
Translation
Measure out the inspired utterance in the mouth, as Parjanya spreads the rain; sing the gāyatra—fit for the solemn recitation—so the rhythm may become a vessel for the descending truth-force.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
मि॒मी॒हि । श्लोक॑म् । आ॒स्ये॑ । प॒र्जन्यः॑ऽइव । त॒त॒नः॒ । गाय॑ । गा॒य॒त्रम् । उ॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥मिमीहि । श्लोकम् । आस्ये । पर्जन्यःइव । ततनः । गाय । गायत्रम् । उक्थ्यम् ॥mimīhi | ślokam | āsye | parjanyaḥ-iva | tatanaḥ | gāya | gāyatram | ukthyam
Word by Word
मिमीहिfashion/compose (you)!
मिमीहि:
(implicit) Kartā: ‘त्वम्’ (addressed singer/poet)
TypeVerb
Root√मा (मि) ‘मापन/निर्माण/रचना’ (Vedic: ‘to form/measure out, fashion’)
श्लोकम्a hymn-verse, praise
श्लोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोक (प्रातिपदिक) < √श्रु/√शलोक? (Vedic: ‘praise-verse, hymn’)
आस्येin the mouth
आस्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआस्य (प्रातिपदिक) ‘mouth’
पर्जन्यःParjanya (the rain-god)
पर्जन्यः:
Kartā (of ‘ततनः’)
TypeNoun (proper/common)
Rootपर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Parjanya; rain-god, thunderer’
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
ततनःhas stretched/spread (forth)
ततनः:
Kriyā (with Kartā = पर्जन्यः; implied object = श्लोकम्/स्तुति)
TypeVerb
Root√तन् ‘to stretch, spread, extend’
गायsing!
गाय:
(implicit) Kartā: ‘त्वम्’
TypeVerb
Root√गै ‘to sing’
गायत्रम्the gāyatra (chant/metre)
गायत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootगायत्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘gāyatra; gāyatrī-metre/chant’
उक्थ्यम्uktha-worthy; fit for solemn recitation
उक्थ्यम्:
Viśeṣaṇa of Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-like
Rootउक्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक) < उक्थ ‘solemn recitation/praise’ (worthy of uktha)