Mantra 2

Sukta 140

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ नूनमश्विनोर्ऋषि स्तोमं चिकेत वामया । आ सोमं मधुमत्तमं घर्मं सिञ्चादथर्वणि

IAST Transliteration

ā nū́nam aśvínoḥ ṛ́ṣi stómaṃ ciketa vāmáyā | ā sómaṃ mádhu-mattamaṃ gharmáṃ siñcād átharvaṇi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Now, verily, let the seer take knowledge of the Aśvins’ laud; by this means (let it be) for you twain. Hither—Soma, most honeyed—let him pour the gharmá, in the Atharvan’s rite.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नूनम्: now; indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)

• अश्विनोः: of the two Aśvins
• अश्विनोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषिः: the seer
• ऋषिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोमम्: hymn; praise
• स्तोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकेत: let (him) perceive/recognize
• चिकेत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (धातु) / cit ‘to perceive, notice’

• वाम्: you two; for you two
• वाम्: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to/for you two; or ‘of you two’ contextually)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अया: thus; in this way
• अया: करण (manner/instrument)
• Type: Indeclinable (Vedic pronominal form)
• Root: इदम्/अयम्-प्रकार (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) — ‘अया’ as instrumental of ‘अय’/‘इ’ deictic stem in Vedic usage

• आ: hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• सोमम्: Soma (juice/plant)
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमत्तमम्: most honeyed; sweetest
• मधुमत्तमम्: विशेषण (of ‘सोमम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) < मधु + मतुप्

• घर्मम्: hot drink/oblation; gharmá
• घर्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिञ्चात्: let (him) pour
• सिञ्चात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु) / sic ‘to pour, sprinkle’

• अथर्वणि: in/for Atharvan (the Atharvan-priest/tradition)
• अथर्वणि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic Aśvin-hymn tradition (Atharvavedic Book 20 is largely Ṛgveda-derived); specific seer not stated in the verse.

Devata: Aśvinau (Nā́satyau)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence in Atharvanic transmission (Book 20 often preserves Ṛgvedic meters; exact metrical identification may vary by pada division).

Mantra Rasa

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