Mantra 3
Sukta 41
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अत्राह गोरमन्वत नाम त्वष्टुरपीच्यम्। इत्था चन्द्रमसो गृहे
IAST Transliteration
átra ā́ha gó̄r anvata nā́ma tváṣṭur apī́cyam | ítthā candrámaso gṛhé
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Here, indeed, they tracked the Cow’s name—Tvaṣṭṛ’s hidden secret—thus, within the Moon’s house.
Word by Word
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
अहindeed / surely
अह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअह (निपात)
गोरम्Gora (a person/being named Gora)
गोरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगोर (प्रातिपदिक; गो-र-)
अन्वतfollowed / went after
अन्वत:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootअनु √इ (धातु: इण् गतौ) / अन्व्- (aorist base)
नामindeed / namely
नाम:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (निपात/अव्यय)
त्वष्टुःof Tvaṣṭṛ
त्वष्टुः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिच्यम्to be approached/obtained; accessible (lit. ‘attainable’)
अपिच्यम्:
Karma (as qualifier of the object understood)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपिच्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अपि-च्य’)
इत्थाthus / in this manner
इत्था:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्था (अव्यय)
चन्द्रमसःof the Moon
चन्द्रमसः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्रमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
गृहेin the house/home
गृहे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Ṛgvedic narrative source; specific seer not supplied here.
Devata: Tvaṣṭṛ / Candramas (functional pairing: form-maker + lunar fertility)
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires verification).
Mantra Rasa
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