Rig Veda 4.17.15: Mandala 4, Sukta 17, 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 ॥
Transliteration
asíknayāṃ yajámāno ná hotā́ ||
Translation
वो अंधेरे पानी में जाता है जैसे कोई यज्ञ करने वाला हो, सिर्फ हेल्पर नहीं। उसका दिल में इच्छा है कि वो देना चाहता है। वो अंधेरे को भी अपना काम बना लेता है।
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’)
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