Mantra 6

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

घृतह्रदा मधुकूलाः सुरोदकाः क्षीरेण पूर्णा उदकेन दध्ना। एतास्त्वा धारा उप यन्तु सर्वाः स्वर्गे लोके मधुमत् पिन्वमाना उप त्वा तिष्ठन्तु पुष्करिणीः समन्ताः

IAST Transliteration

ghṛtá-hradā mádhu-kūlāḥ suródakāḥ kṣīréṇa pūrṇā́ udakéna dádhnā | etā́s tvā dhā́rā úpa yantu sárvāḥ svargé loké mádhumat pínvamānāḥ úpa tvā tiṣṭhantu puṣkaríṇīḥ sámantāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ghee-laked, with honeyed banks, with surā-waters—filled with milk, with water, with curds: let all these streams come nigh to thee, swelling with honeyed sweetness in the heavenly world; let lotus-pools stand about thee on every side.

Word by Word

• घृतह्रदाः: having ghee-like pools (ghee-laked)
• घृतह्रदाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत-ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक; समासः कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि: ‘घृतम् इव ह्रदः यस्याः/येषाम्’)

• मधुकूलाः: with honey-banks/streams
• मधुकूलाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु-कूल (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: ‘मधु-तट/कूल’)

• सुरोदकाः: having surā as water (liquor-watered)
• सुरोदकाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुर-उदक (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: ‘सुरा-जल’)

• क्षीरेण: with milk
• क्षीरेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्णाः: filled, full
• पूर्णाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण, √पॄ ‘पूरणे’)

• उदकेन: with water
• उदकेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)

• दध्ना: with curd
• दध्ना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• एताः: these
• एताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• धाराः: streams, flows
• धाराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यन्तु: let (them) go/come
• यन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (गत्यर्थे)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमत्: honeyed, sweet
• मधुमत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक; मतुप्-प्रत्ययः)

• पिन्वमानाः: being made to swell/nourish; invigorating
• पिन्वमानाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पिव्/√पिन् (प्रीणने/पोषणे) → पिन्वमान (शानच्, आत्मनेपदी वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• उप: near, upon
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• तिष्ठन्तु: let (them) stand/remain
• तिष्ठन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति)

• पुष्करिणीः: lotus-ponds; (also) lotus-bearing waters
• पुष्करिणीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्करिणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• समन्ताः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ताः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial accusative) / Adjective
• Root: समन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Waters (Āpaḥ) and prosperity essences (ghṛta/madhu) as quasi-deities

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like (refrain structure)

Mantra Rasa

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