Mantra 32
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
धाना धेनुरभवद् वत्सो अस्यास्तिलोऽभवत्। तां वै यमस्य राज्ये अक्षितामुप जीवति
IAST Transliteration
dhānā́ dhenúr abhavad vatsó asyās tiló ’bhavat | tā́ṁ váí yámasya rā́jye ákṣitām úpa jīvati ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Parched grain became a Cow, and sesame of her became the Calf. By her, in Yama’s kingdom, verily he liveth on—on her that wasteth not.
Word by Word
धा॒नाgrain; corn (as subject)
धा॒ना:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधान (प्रातिपदिक) / धान्य-सम्बद्ध
धे॒नुःa cow
धे॒नुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
वत्सःa calf
वत्सः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्याःof her
अस्याः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: अस्याः)
तिलःsesame
तिलः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootतिल (प्रातिपदिक)
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
ताम्her; that (one)
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वैindeed
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (निपात)
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
राज्येin the realm/kingdom
राज्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अक्षिताम्imperishable; undecaying
अक्षिताम्:
Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-क्षि-त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √क्षि ‘क्षय’ + क्त, नञ्-पूर्वक)
उपnear; up to (as preverb)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
जीवतिlives; survives
जीवति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजीव् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Pitṛmedha tradition (Atharvanic ancestral seers)
Devata: Pitṛs/Yama; the offering-substance personified as sustaining ‘cow’
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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