Mantra 3
Sukta 131
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यद् धावसि त्रियोजनं पञ्चयोजनमाश्विनम्। ततस्त्वं पुनरायसि पुत्राणां नो असः पिता
IAST Transliteration
yád dhā́vasi triyojanáṃ pañcayojanám āśvínam | tátas tváṃ púnar ā́yasi putrā́ṇāṃ no asasi pitā́ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Though thou runnest three leagues, five leagues, with Aśvin-swiftness, from thence thou comest back again: thou art the father of our sons.
Word by Word
यत्which/that
यत्:
Karma (यत् = ‘which/that’ as object of धावसि) / सम्बन्धसूचक
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धावसिyou run / you speed
धावसि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धाव् (धावति)
त्रियोजनम्three yojanas (a distance)
त्रियोजनम्:
Karma (distance traversed) / परिमाण
TypeNoun (measure) / Adjective (as measure)
Rootत्रि-योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
पञ्चयोजनम्five yojanas
पञ्चयोजनम्:
Karma (distance traversed) / परिमाण
TypeNoun (measure) / Adjective (as measure)
Rootपञ्च-योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
आश्विनम्Aśvin-like; pertaining to the Aśvins (swift)
आश्विनम्:
विशेषण (त्रियोजनम्/पञ्चयोजनम् इत्यस्य) / Karma-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootआश्विन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of the Aśvins/pertaining to Aśvin’)
ततःfrom there; then
ततः:
Apādāna/क्रम (from there/thereupon)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
आयसिyou come/return
आयसि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√या (याति) उपसर्ग-आ
पुत्राणाम्of (our) sons/children
पुत्राणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the sons/children’)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नःour
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असःyou are
असः:
क्रिया (सम्बन्ध/अस्तित्व)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (अस्मि) — ‘असि’ इत्यस्य वैदिक/छान्दस रूप ‘असः’
पिताfather
पिता:
Kartā/प्राधान्येन विधेय (predicate nominative with ‘असः’)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in excerpt)
Devata: Implied addressed person/power of return; Aśvin-swiftness as simile/benchmark
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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