Mantra 3

Sukta 114

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मेदस्वता यजमानाः स्रुचाज्यानि जुह्वतः । अकामा विश्वे वो देवाः शिक्षन्तो नोप शेकिम

IAST Transliteration

médasvatā yajámānāḥ srúcā́jyā́ni juhvátáḥ | akāmā́ víśve vo devā́ḥ śíkṣanto nópa śekím

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Though rich in unction, we sacrificers, pouring ghee with the ladle, have not, O all ye Gods, duly served you—whether without right intent; therefore, correcting us, do ye release (the fault’s bond).

Word by Word

• मेदस्वता: with fatness/with richness (of substance)
• मेदस्वता: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेदस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक) < मेदस्

• यजमानाः: the sacrificers
• यजमानाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्रुचा: with the ladle
• स्रुचा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रुच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आज्यानि: ghee-offerings
• आज्यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुह्वतः: offering (into the fire), sacrificing
• जुह्वतः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु) → जुह्वत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

• अकामाः: desireless, without (selfish) wish
• अकामाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकाम (प्रातिपदिक = अ- + काम)

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिक्षन्तः: teaching, instructing
• शिक्षन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शिक्ष् (धातु) → शिक्षन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• उप: near; towards (as preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शेकिम: we have been able / we could
• शेकिम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु) → शेकिम (लिट्/परिपूर्ण-भूत; वैदिक रूप)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in input)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; not metrically verified here)

Mantra Rasa

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