Mantra 4

Sukta 129

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हरिक्निके किमिच्छासि

IAST Transliteration

háriknike kím ícchāsi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Hariknikā, what is it thou desirest?

Word by Word

• हरिक्निके: O Hariknī (name/epithet of a female being; addressed)
• हरिक्निके: सम्बोधन (address; outside kāraka system)
• Type: Noun (address) / Proper-name-like epithet
• Root: हरिक्नि (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: कर्म (object of ‘desire/seek’)
• Type: Pronoun (interrogative)
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इच्छसि: do you desire / want
• इच्छसि: क्रिया (finite verb); कर्ता = त्वम् (implicit)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु; ‘इच्छ’ परस्मैपदी)

Attribution

Rishi: Khila/Anukramaṇī attribution uncertain.

Devata: Hariknikā.

Chandas: Uncertain/fragmentary.

Mantra Rasa

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