Mantra 15
Sukta 4.17
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra (hymn context)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (as a pāda/fragment within Triṣṭubh context; transmitted as a short verse)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
असिक्न्यां यजमानो न होता ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
असि॑क्न्यां॒ यज॑मानो॒ न होता॑ ॥
Transliteration
asíknayāṃ yajámāno ná hotā́ ||
Translation
Like a sacrificer, not as a mere officiant, he enters the dark stream—bearing the will to offer, he turns the obscurity itself into a field of the rite.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
असि॑क्न्याम् । यज॑मानः । न । होता॑ ॥असिक्न्याम् । यजमानः । न । होता ॥asiknayām | yajamānaḥ | na | hotā
Word by Word
असिक्न्यां(in/at) the Asiknī (river)
असिक्न्यां:
अधिकारण (locative sense: ‘in/at the Asiknī’) / कर्म (if taken as object: ‘the Asiknī’)
TypeNoun (proper/toponym; river-name)
Rootअसिक्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
यजमानःthe sacrificer (patron of the rite)
यजमानः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to sacrifice’)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
होताthe Hotṛ-priest (invoking priest)
होता:
कर्तृ (उपमेय/उपमान-सम्बन्धे)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent-noun from √हु ‘to pour/offer’)