Mantra 25

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्रोडौ ते स्तां पुरोडाशावाज्येनाभिघारितौ । तौ पक्षौ देवि कृत्वा सा पक्तारं दिवं वह

IAST Transliteration

króḍau te stāṃ puroḍāśā́v ā́jyenā́bhíghāritau | táu pakṣáu devi kṛtvā́ sā́ paktā́raṃ dívaṃ vaha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let thy two flanks be two puroḍāśa-cakes, anointed with ghee. Making those two as wings, O Goddess, do thou bear the baker up to heaven.

Word by Word

• क्रोडौ: (two) laps/bosoms
• क्रोडौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोड (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्ताम्: let (them) stand/be
• स्ताम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• पुरोडाशौ: (two) puroḍāśa cakes (sacrificial rice-cakes)
• पुरोडाशौ: Kartā (apposition to क्रोडौ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोडाश (प्रातिपदिक)

• आज्येन: with ghee
• आज्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिघारितौ: smeared/anointed (over)
• अभिघारितौ: (विशेषण of पुरोडाशौ/क्रोडौ)
• Type: Participle
• Root: अभि-घृ (धातु) → अभिघारित (कृदन्त)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पक्षौ: (two) wings/sides
• पक्षौ: Karma (in apposition to तौ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable (gerund)
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा

• सा: she
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पक्तारम्: the cooker/baker (preparer)
• पक्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवम्: to heaven/sky
• दिवम्: Karma (goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वह: carry/bear (you)
• वह: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: As per hymn tradition for the Vāśā-cow complex (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Deified Cow (Vāśā/Aghnyā) as prosperity and sacrificial vehicle

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (verification needed).

Mantra Rasa

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