Mantra 10
Sukta 5.61
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) or Atris (Ātreyāḥ) (traditional; unspecified in input)
Devata: Maruts (hymn context); the giver/finder may also echo allied divine helpers in the Marut sphere
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो मे धेनूनां शतं वैददश्विर्यथा ददत् । तरन्त इव मंहना ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
यो मे॑ धेनू॒नां श॒तं वैद॑दश्वि॒र्यथा॒ दद॑त् । त॒र॒न्त इ॑व मं॒हना॑ ॥
Transliteration
yó mé dhenūnā́ṃ śatáṃ vaídad-aśvir yáthā́ dádat | taránta iva maṃhánā ||
Translation
He who found for me a hundred streams of the nourishing powers, and gave them as is fitting—he is like one crossing beyond by an abundant impulsion.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
यः । मे॒ । धे॒नू॒नाम् । श॒तम् । वैद॑त्ऽअश्विः । यथा॑ । दद॑त् । त॒र॒न्तःऽइ॑व । मं॒हना॑ ॥यः । मे । धेनूनाम् । शतम् । वैदत्अश्विः । यथा । ददत् । तरन्तःइव । मंहना ॥yaḥ | me | dhenūnām | śatam | vaidat-aśviḥ | yathā | dadat | tarantaḥ-iva | maṃhanā
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘य’)
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धेनूनाम्of the cows
धेनूनाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु- (प्रातिपदिक)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma
TypeNumeral (Adjective)
Rootशत- (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
वैत्found / obtained
वैत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (√विद् ‘to know/find’)
अश्विःthe Aśvin (horseman)
अश्विः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (Proper/epithet)
Rootअश्वि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘horseman’, esp. Aśvin)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
ददत्giving
ददत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (Participle)
Rootदा (√दा ‘to give’)
तरन्तःcrossing over
तरन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (Participle)
Rootतॄ (√तॄ ‘to cross, pass over’)
इवlike, as if
इव:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
मंहनाby (his/their) bounty
मंहना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमंहना- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bounty, generosity, munificence’)