Mantra 18

Sukta 129

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अश्वस्य वारो गोशपद्यके

IAST Transliteration

áśvasya vā́ro gośapadyaké

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Horse’s covering (is) at Gośapadyaka.

Word by Word

• अश्वस्य: of the horse
• अश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• वारः: covering; protective enclosure; (horse-)trappings
• वारः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject/topic, context-dependent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोशपद्यके: O/that ‘cow-footed’ one; having (the mark/step) of a cow (epithet)
• गोशपद्यके: सम्बोधन/विशेषण (vocative/appositional epithet, context-dependent)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: गो-शपद्यक (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain in isolation.

Devata: Protective ‘vāra’ (enclosure/covering) associated with the horse; possibly a localized protective power.

Chandas: Non-metrical / nominal fragment

Mantra Rasa

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