Mantra 3
Sukta 20
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
दिव्यस्य सुपर्णस्य तस्य हासि कनीनिका । सा भूमिमा रुरोहिथ वह्यं श्रान्ता वधूरिव
IAST Transliteration
divyásya supárṇasya tásya hási kanī́nikā | sā́ bhū́mim ā́ ruróhitha vahyáṃ śrā́ntā vadhū́r iva
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Of the heavenly fair-winged one—of him, indeed—thou art the eye’s pupil. Down to the earth hast thou come forth, to be borne about, wearied as it were, like a bride.
Word by Word
दिव्यस्यof the heavenly/divine
दिव्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक; दिव् ‘द्युतौ/स्वर्गे’ से) अथवा दिव्-सम्बद्ध
सुपर्णस्यof the fair-winged (bird)
सुपर्णस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootसुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + पर्ण)
तस्यof that (one)
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed/just
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
कनीनिकाpupil of the eye / little girl (here: ‘pupil’)
कनीनिका:
कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम (प्रथमा; ‘असि’ का विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootकनीनिका (प्रातिपदिक)
साshe/that (f.)
सा:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भूमिम्the earth/ground
भूमिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, onto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
रुरोहिथyou have mounted/ascended (onto)
रुरोहिथ:
— (कर्म ‘भूमिम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootरुह् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
वह्यम्that which is to be carried / a conveyance
वह्यम्:
कर्म (रुरोहिथ का; ‘वह्यम्’ = वहनीयम्/वाह्यम्) अथवा विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootवह्य (प्रातिपदिक; √वह् ‘वहने’ से) अथवा वह्य- ‘वाह्य/वहनीय’
श्रान्ताwearied, tired
श्रान्ता:
कर्ता-विशेषण (सा … श्रान्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रान्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √श्रम् ‘खेदे’ से क्त)
वधूर्bride / young woman
वधूर्:
कर्ता (उपमान-आधारः)
TypeNoun
Rootवधू (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (उपमा-अव्यय)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Devī Oṣadhi (with celestial ‘suparṇa’ mythic linkage)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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