Mantra 8
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सिलाची नाम कानीनोऽजबभ्रु पिता तव । अश्वो यमस्य यः श्यावस्तस्य हास्नास्युक्षिता
IAST Transliteration
silācí̄ ná̄ma kānīnó ’jábabhru pitā́ táva | áśvo yamásya yáḥ śyā́vas tásya ha sná̄sy úkṣitāḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Silācī by name—Kānīna; Ajababhru is thy sire. The dark horse that is Yama’s—verily with that one’s sinew art thou besprinkled.
Word by Word
सिलाचीSilācī (a medicinal substance/plant-name)
सिलाची:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसिलाची (प्रातिपदिक; औषधि/द्रव्य-नाम)
नामby name; called
नाम:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
कानीनःthe boy/son (esp. a young son; ‘kānīna’)
कानीनः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकानीन (प्रातिपदिक)
अजa goat
अज:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक)
बभ्रुःbrown; tawny
बभ्रुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootबभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
पिताfather
पिता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
तवof you; your
तव:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वःhorse
अश्वः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
—
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho; which
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्यावःdark; dusky
श्यावः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootश्याव (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्यof him/that
तस्य:
—
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हास्नाwith/by ‘hāsnā’ (a medicinal substance/plant-name)
हास्ना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहास्ना (प्रातिपदिक; द्रव्य/औषधि-नाम)
अस्यof this; his
अस्य:
—
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उक्षिताःsprinkled; anointed (lit. ‘having been sprinkled’)
उक्षिताः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootउक्ष् (धातु) → उक्षित (कृदन्त, क्त)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain at verse-level)
Devata: Silācī (personified); Yama as invoked counter-power
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
Mantra Rasa
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