Mantra 4

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कः कार्ष्ण्याः पयः

IAST Transliteration

káḥ kārṣṇyā́ḥ páyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Who hath the milk of Kārṣṇī?

Word by Word

• कः: who?
• कः: कर्तृ (प्रश्नवाचकः कर्ता) / विषयः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → क-

• का॒र्ष्ण्याः: of the kārṣṇī (a dark/black one; often taken as a plant/being named kārṣṇī)
• का॒र्ष्ण्याः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः) — ‘का॒र्ष्ण्याः’ = ‘of the kārṣṇī’
• Type: Noun (Genitive attribute)
• Root: कृष्णि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘कृष्ण’/‘कृष्णा’ से व्युत्पन्न) → का॒र्ष्ण्य-

• पयः॑: milk; sap; (milky) juice
• पयः॑: कर्म / विषयः (यत् पृच्छ्यते) — ‘milk/juice’ as the thing in question
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Khila / unspecified

Devata: Payas / Kārṣṇī as named source

Chandas: Irregular (fragment)

Mantra Rasa

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