Mantra 3

Sukta 137

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दधिक्राव्णो अकारिषं जिष्णोरश्वस्य वाजिनः । सुरभि नो मुखा करत्प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत्

IAST Transliteration

dadhikrā́vṇo akārīṣaṃ jiṣṇór áśvasya vā́jinaḥ | surabhí no múkhāt karat prá na āyū́ṃṣi tāriṣat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A song have I made for Dadhikrāvan, for the victorious prize-winning Horse. From his mouth may he make for us fragrance; forward may he bear our life-spans across.

Translation

दधिक्रावन् के लिए मैंने स्तुति-गीत रचा है—विजयी, पुरस्कार-जीतने वाले अश्व के लिए। उसके मुख से हमारे लिए सुगन्ध उत्पन्न हो; वह हमारे आयुष्य-कालों को आगे पार करा दे।

Word by Word

• दधिक्राव्णः: of Dadhikrāvan (a divine/celebrated steed)
• दधिक्राव्णः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (proper/name)
• Root: दधिक्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अकारिषम्: I have made / I performed
• अकारिषम्: कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• जिष्णोः: of the victorious one
• जिष्णोः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: जिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वस्य: of the horse
• अश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिनः: of the swift/strong (prize-winning) one
• वाजिनः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुरभि: fragrant, sweet-smelling
• सुरभि: कर्मप्रवचनीय/विशेषण (predicate to the action)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for us / our)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मुखात्: from the mouth
• मुखात्: अपादान (source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• करत्: may (he/it) make
• करत्: कर्तृ (he/it as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• आयूंषि: lifetimes, vital spans
• आयूंषि: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तारिषत्: may (he/it) carry through / bring safely across
• तारिषत्: कर्तृ (he/it as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु; ‘to cross over, carry through’)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Dadhikrāvan hymnic material known from RV; specific r̥ṣi not determinable from excerpt alone.

Devata: Dadhikrāvan (divine horse)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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