Mantra 16

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहदायवनं रथन्तरं दर्विः

IAST Transliteration

bṛhád-ā́yavanaṃ rathantaráṃ darvíḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The ladle is the Bṛhat-advance, the Rathantara chant.

Word by Word

• बृहदायवनम्: the ‘Bṛhad-āyavana’ (a great/extended course or rite; name of a chant/rite)
• बृहदायवनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: बृहद् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + आयवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथन्तरम्: Rathantara (name of a Sāman/chant)
• रथन्तरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

• दर्विः: the ladle (sacrificial spoon)
• दर्विः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्वि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Anukramaṇī tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)

Devata: Rathantara/Bṛhat (Sāman powers); ritual implement (darvī) as devatā by identification

Chandas: Technical identification-line; meter uncertain from excerpt

Mantra Rasa

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