Mantra 30
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यां ते धेनुं निपृणामि यमु ते क्षीर ओदनम्। तेना जनस्यासो भर्ता योऽत्रासदजीवनः
IAST Transliteration
yā́ṃ te dhenúṃ nipṛṇā́mi yám u te kṣīrá odanáṃ | ténā jánasyā́so bhartā́ yó ’trāsad ájīvanaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The milch-cow which I bestow on thee, and the milked rice-gruel which is thine—therewith be thou the people’s sustainer, thou who here wast lying lifeless.
Word by Word
याम्whom/which (f.)
याम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धेनुम्cow; milch-cow
धेनुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु- (प्रातिपदिक)
निपृणामिI fill up; I satisfy (fully)
निपृणामि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√पॄ (पॄ/पॢ) ‘पूरणे/तर्पणे’
यम्whom/which (m.)
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed; and
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्षीरःmilk
क्षीरः:
कर्म (यम् इत्यस्य विशेषण/सम्बन्धि-द्रव्य) अथवा विषय
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर- (प्रातिपदिक)
ओदनम्cooked rice; rice-porridge
ओदनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootओदन- (प्रातिपदिक)
तेनwith that; by that
तेन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जनस्यof the people; of the folk
जनस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootजन- (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा जन (समूह/लोक)
असःthat (man), he
असः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) = ‘असौ’ (दूरवाचक)
भर्ताsupporter; maintainer
भर्ता:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाचक-कर्तृ) / विधेय
TypeNoun (agent) / Adjective
Root√भृ ‘धारण-पोषणयोः’ → भर्तृ- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
आसदत्sat down; took his seat; came to sit
आसदत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√सद् ‘उपवेशने/सन्निधौ’
अजीवनःlifeless; without life
अजीवनः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-जीवन- (प्रातिपदिक) < जीवन- ‘living’ with privative अ-
Attribution
Rishi: As in AV 18.2 Pitṛ-cycle (anukramaṇī attribution varies by tradition).
Devata: Pitṛ/deceased ancestor as recipient; Pitṛs collectively implied
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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