Mantra 46
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अपो दिव्या अचायिषं रसेन समपृक्ष्महि । पयस्वानग्न आगमं तं मा सं सृज वर्चसा
IAST Transliteration
apó divyā́ḥ acāyiṣaṃ rásena sám apr̥kṣmahi | páyasvān agne ā́ agamam táṃ mā sám sr̥ja várcasā
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Heavenly waters have I gathered; with essence have we mingled them together. Milk-rich, O Agni, hither have I come: do thou unite me wholly with lustre.
Word by Word
अपःwaters
अपः:
कर्म (आपः = जलानि, ‘जलम्’ as object)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक) / आपः
दिव्याःheavenly, divine
दिव्याः:
— (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अचायिषम्I gathered/collected
अचायिषम्:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = अहम्)
TypeVerb
Rootचि (धातु; ‘चिनोति/चयति’ = to gather, heap up)
रसेनwith sap/juice, with essence
रसेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरस (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
अपृक्ष्महिwe mixed/anointed (together)
अपृक्ष्महि:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = वयम्)
TypeVerb
Rootपृच् (धातु; ‘पृणक्ति/पृञ्चति’ = to mix, sprinkle, anoint)
पयस्वान्rich in milk, milk-bearing
पयस्वान्:
— (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपयस् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having milk/abounding in milk’)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
अगमम्I came
अगमम्:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = अहम्)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु; to go, come)
तम्him/that
तम्:
कर्म (सृज इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माto/for me
मा:
सम्प्रदान/अनुभोक्ता (for me; beneficiary)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, fully
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
सृजrelease, bestow
सृज:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = त्वम् = अग्निः)
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (धातु; to release, send forth, emit)
वर्चसाwith radiance, with splendor
वर्चसा:
करण (by/with radiance)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Vihavya
Devata: Waters (Āpaḥ) and Agni; goal-state: Várchas (radiance) as quasi-deity
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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