Mantra 6
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
राजसूयं वाजपेयमग्निष्टोमस्तदध्वरः । अर्काश्वमेधावुच्छिष्टे जीवबर्हिर्मदिन्तमः
IAST Transliteration
rājasū́yaṃ vājapéyam agniṣṭómas tád adhvaráḥ | arkā́śvamedhā́v ucchíṣṭe jīvábarhir madíntamaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Rājasūya, the Vājapeya, the Agniṣṭoma—this is the sacrifice; the Arka and the Aśvamedha, within the Ucchiṣṭa—having living barhis, most exhilarating.
Word by Word
राजसूयम्the Rājasūya (royal consecration sacrifice)
राजसूयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराजसूय (प्रातिपदिक) < राजन् + सूय (यज्ञ-नाम)
वाजपेयंthe Vājapeya sacrifice
वाजपेयं:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाजपेय (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ-नाम)
अग्निष्टोमःthe Agniṣṭoma (a Soma-sacrifice)
अग्निष्टोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्निष्टोम (प्रातिपदिक; सोमयाग-भेद)
तत्that
तत्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अध्वरःthe rite/sacrifice (adhvara)
अध्वरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्काश्वमेधौthe Arka(-rite) and the Aśvamedha
अर्काश्वमेधौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअर्काश्वमेध (द्वन्द्व-समास; अर्क + अश्वमेध)
उच्छिष्टेin/with the remainder, in the leavings (ucca-śiṣṭa)
उच्छिष्टे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
जीवबर्हिः(the one) whose sacrificial grass is living/fresh
जीवबर्हिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजीवबर्हि (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; जीव + बर्हिस्)
मदिन्तमःmost exhilarating/most intoxicating
मदिन्तमः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमदिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (सुपरलटिव)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Brahmavādin attribution (varies)
Devata: Ucchiṣṭa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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