Mantra 2
Sukta 41
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इच्छनश्वस्य यच्छिरः पर्वतेष्वपश्रितम्। तद् विदच्छर्यणावति
IAST Transliteration
icchán áśvasya yác chíraḥ párvateṣv ápaśritam | tád vidac charyā́ṇāvati
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Seeking the Horse’s head that lay hidden away among the mountains, he found it at Śaryaṇāvatī.
Word by Word
इच्छन्seeking, desiring
इच्छन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootइष् (इच्छति) धातु
अश्वस्यof the horse
अश्वस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which (that which)
यत्:
Karma (of विद्) / also correlates with तत्
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शिरःhead
शिरः:
Karma (object, apposition to यत्)
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वतेषुon/in the mountains
पर्वतेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
अपश्रितम्resting upon, leaning on
अपश्रितम्:
Karma (qualifier of शिरः)
TypeVerb (past passive participle)
Rootअप-श्रि (श्रि धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (object of विदत्) / correlative to यत्
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विदत्found, came to know
विदत्:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (वेद/विन्दति) धातु
शर्यणावतिat/with Sharyanā (place/river-name), in Sharyanāvatī
शर्यणावति:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used as epithet)
Rootशर्यणा-वत् (प्रातिपदिक: शर्यणा + वत्)
Attribution
Rishi: Ṛgvedic narrative source; specific seer not supplied here.
Devata: Indra/heroic agent implied; functional devatā is ‘recovery’ (vid-) and the aśva-symbol.
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires verification).
Mantra Rasa
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