Mantra 1

Sukta 137

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

केशवर्धनम्। यां जमदग्निरखनद् दुहित्रे केशवर्धनीम्। तां वीतहव्य आभरदसितस्य गृहेभ्यः

IAST Transliteration

keśavárdhanam | yā́ṃ jamádagnír ákhanad duhitré keśavárdhanīm | tā́ṃ vītáhavya ā́bharad asitásya gṛhébhyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A hair-increaser: the hair-growing (plant) which Jamadagni dug up for his daughter—this Vītahavya brought hither from the houses of Asita.

Word by Word

• केशवर्धनम्: hair-growth (charm/medicine)
• केशवर्धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश-वर्धन (प्रातिपदिक; वर्धन < √वृध् ‘वर्धने’)

• याम्: which (her/that)
• याम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जमदग्निः: Jamadagni (the seer)
• जमदग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: जमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)

• अखनत्: dug up
• अखनत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √खन् (खनने ‘to dig/excavate’)

• दुहित्रे: for (his) daughter
• दुहित्रे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• केशवर्धनीम्: the hair-growing (plant/charm)
• केशवर्धनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश-वर्धनी (प्रातिपदिक; वर्धनी < √वृध्)

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वीतहव्यः: Vītahavya (name/epithet)
• वीतहव्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper epithet) / Adjective
• Root: वीत-हव्य (प्रातिपदिक; वीत ‘pursued/obtained’ + हव्य ‘oblation’)

• आभरत्: brought
• आभरत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे ‘to carry/bring’) + आ-

• असितस्य: of Asita
• असितस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun (proper) / Adjective
• Root: असित (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Asita’ नाम)

• गृहेभ्यः: from the houses/home
• गृहेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Jamadagni / Vītahavya (named authorities within the verse; hymn attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Keśavardhanī (the hair-growing plant as devatā-like agent)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm in metrical collation)

Mantra Rasa

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