Mantra 17

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्रुग् दर्विर्नेक्षणमायवनं द्रोणकलशाः कुम्भ्योऽ वायव्याऽनि पात्राणीयमेव कृष्णाजिनम्

IAST Transliteration

srúg darvī́r nékṣaṇam ā́yavanaṃ droṇakaláśāḥ kúmbhyo vāyavyā̀ni pā́trāṇīyám evá kṛ́ṣṇājinám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The ladle, the spoon, the sprinkling-vessel, the leading-up; the drona-jars are the pots; the vessels are Vāyu’s: this, verily, is the black antelope-skin.

Translation

स्रुक्, दर्वि, नेक्षण-पात्र, आयवन (आगे ले जाने का साधन); द्रोणकलश कुम्भ हैं; पात्र वायव्य (वायु के) हैं; और यह ही वास्तव में कृष्णाजिन (काले मृग की खाल) है।

Word by Word

• स्रुक्: (the) ladle
• स्रुक्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रुच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दर्विः: (the) spoon/ladle
• दर्विः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्वि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नेक्षणम्: (the) strainer/sieve (lit. ‘inspector’)
• नेक्षणम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; न-ईक्षण ‘looking/inspecting’ से)

• आयवनम्: (the) fitting/covering; a woven/attached implement
• आयवनम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयवन (प्रातिपदिक; √यु/√यव ‘to join/weave/fit’ से)

• द्रोणकलशाः: drona-jars (large vessels)
• द्रोणकलशाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण-कलश (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• कुम्भ्यः: pots; pot-vessels
• कुम्भ्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वायव्याणि: belonging to Vāyu; airy/wind-associated
• वायव्याणि: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वायव्य (प्रातिपदिक; वायु-सम्बन्धि)

• पात्राणि: vessels; containers
• पात्राणि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इयम्: this (f.)
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• कृष्णाजिनम्: black antelope-skin (black hide)
• कृष्णाजिनम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण-अजिन (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Ritual implements / Vāyu (by epithet vāyavya) / Kṛṣṇājina as consecratory power-object

Chandas: Catalogue-style; meter uncertain

Mantra Rasa

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