Mantra 7

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हिरण्यवर्णे सुभगे शुष्मे लोमशवक्षने । अपामसि स्वसा लाक्षे वातो हात्मा बभूव ते

IAST Transliteration

hiráṇyavarṇe subháge śúṣme lomáśavakṣaṇe | apá̄m asi svásā lá̄kṣe vā́to hā́tmā babhūva te ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O golden-hued, auspicious, strong one, thou of the shaggy breast: thou art of the Waters, O sister Lākṣā; verily the Wind hath become thy very self.

Word by Word

• हिरण्यवर्णे: O golden-coloured one
• हिरण्यवर्णे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: हिरण्य-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुभगे: O fortunate/auspicious one
• सुभगे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: सु-भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुष्मे: O mighty/energetic one
• शुष्मे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: शुष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोमशवक्षने: O (she) of hairy breast/chest
• लोमशवक्षने: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: लोमश-वक्षन (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: क्रिया (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• स्वसा: a sister
• स्वसा: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वसृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• लाक्षे: O lac/red resin (i.e., red one)
• लाक्षे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: लाक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वातः: the wind
• वातः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed/for
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• आत्मा: as the very self
• आत्मा: समानाधिकरण (apposition to वातः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बभूव: became/has become
• बभूव: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for you/of you; contextually ‘for you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution uncertain at verse-level in many AV hymns)

Devata: Lākṣā (personified), with implicit Āpas (Waters) and Vāta (Wind)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

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