Mantra 1

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

संपत्कर्म। ६ पञ्चपदा अतिशक्वरी, ११ त्र्यवसाना षट्-पदा अत्यष्टिः। कथं महे असुरायाब्रवीरिह कथं पित्रे हरये त्वेषनृम्णः । पृश्निं वरुण दक्षिणां ददावान् पुनर्मघ त्वं मनसाचिकित्सीः

IAST Transliteration

katháṃ mahé ásurāyābravīr ihá katháṃ pitré háraye tvéṣanṛmṇaḥ | pṛ́śniṃ váruṇa dákṣiṇāṃ dadāvā́n púnarmagha tváṃ mánasā cikitsīḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

How spakest thou here unto the Great Asura? how unto the Father, unto Hari of vehement might? Varuṇa, having bestowed Pṛśni as the priestly fee, thou, O ever-bounteous, didst with mind discern the course.

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• महे: in/for the great (one)
• महे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असुराय: to the Asura (lord)
• असुराय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रवीः: you said/spoke
• अब्रवीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (देशाव्यय)

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• पित्रे: to the father
• पित्रे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरये: to Hari
• हरये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वेषनृम्णः: of blazing manly-might
• त्वेषनृम्णः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वेष-नृम्ण (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृश्निम्: the speckled cow (Pṛśni)
• पृश्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृश्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुण: O Varuṇa
• वरुण: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• दक्षिणाम्: the fee/gift (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ददावान्: having given
• ददावान्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → ददावस्/दद्वस् (कृत्: क्तवतुँ)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

• मघ: O bountiful one (Maghavan)
• मघ: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवन्/मघ (सम्बोधन-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मनसा: with (your) mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकित्सीः: you have perceived/considered
• चिकित्सीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (धातु) → चिकीर्त्स/चिकित्स् (इच्छार्थ-देशिदेरिवेटिव)

Attribution

Rishi: Not specified in the input (requires AV anukramaṇī consultation)

Devata: Varuṇa (Asura), with secondary allusions to ‘Father’ and ‘Hari’ as recipients/figures in the precedent

Chandas: As noted in the input header: associated with atiśakvarī/atyāṣṭi classifications (needs edition-specific mapping to this mantra).

Mantra Rasa

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