Mantra 9

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कतरत् त आ हराणि दधि मन्थां परि श्रुतम्। जायाः पतिं वि पृच्छति राष्ट्रे राज्ञः परिक्षितः

IAST Transliteration

katarát te ā́ harāṇi dádhi mánthāṁ pari śrutám | jāyā́ḥ pátim ví pṛcchati rāṣṭré rājñaḥ parikṣítaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Which shall I bring thee hither—curds, or the churned draught famed far and wide?’ Thus the wife asks her lord, within the realm of King Parikṣit.

Word by Word

• कतरत्: which (one)?
• कतरत्: Karma (विकल्प्य-वस्तु)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: कतर (प्रश्नवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध: ‘for you/your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• हराणि: may I bring
• हराणि: Kartā (अहं—अध्याहृत)
• Type: Verb (finite)
• Root: हृ (धातु) / हर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘हर’)

• दधि: curd; yogurt
• दधि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्थाम्: churned drink; buttermilk (churned mixture)
• मन्थाम्: Karma (दधि-विशेष/सहकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्था (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; fully
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• श्रुतम्: well-known; famed; heard of
• श्रुतम्: Karma (दधि/मन्था-विशेषण)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त)

• जायाः: wives
• जायाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाया (प्रातिपदिक)

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; distinctly; in detail
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पृच्छति: asks; inquires
• पृच्छति: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (finite)
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)

• राष्ट्रे: in the realm; in the kingdom
• राष्ट्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिक्षितः: Parikṣit (the king); ‘the examined/encircled’
• परिक्षितः: Sambandha/Viśeṣaṇa (राज्ञः-विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन)
• Type: Participle / Proper name
• Root: परि-क्षि (धातु) → परिक्षित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; नाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt alone.

Devata: Prosperity/household order within the rāṣṭra (conceptual).

Chandas: RV-style; exact meter requires syllable count.

Mantra Rasa

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