Mantra 4

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं सिञ्चामि गवां क्षीरं समाज्येन बलं रसम्। संसिक्ता अस्माकं वीरा ध्रुवा गावो मयि गोपतौ

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ siñcā́mi gavā́ṃ kṣīráṃ samā́jyena bálaṃ rásam | saṃsíktā asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ dhrúvā gā́vo máyí gopátau

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I sprinkle together the cows’ milk, and with the ghee their strength, their sap. Well-sprinkled, may our heroes be made steadfast; steadfast the cows in me, the lord of cattle.

Word by Word

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / सम् (अव्यय)

• सिञ्चामि: I pour/sprinkle
• सिञ्चामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिच् (सिञ्चति)

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• समाज्येन: with ointment/with unguent (with an anointing substance)
• समाज्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: समाज्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सम्+√अञ्ज्’ से निष्पन्न ‘anointing/unctuous substance’)

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)

• रसम्: sap/essence; vital juice
• रसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• संसिक्ताः: sprinkled; moistened; fully anointed
• संसिक्ताः: Kartā (वाक्ये विशेष्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम्+√सिच् → संसिक्त (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि/क्त)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वीराः: men; heroes
• वीराः: Kartā (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ध्रुवाः: firm; steadfast
• ध्रुवाः: Kartā (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Kartā (द्वितीयः समुच्चितः कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• मयि: in me; on me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गोपतौ: in (me as) the lord/protector of cattle
• गोपतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘protector/lord of cows’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (household/prosperity seer-line; specific r̥ṣi attribution not secure from the single verse alone)

Devata: Paśu/Go (cattle as prosperity-power); implicitly the patron as gopati and the nutritive ‘rasa’ principle

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; 2 pādas with anuṣṭubh cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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