Mantra 5

Sukta 73

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तप्तो वां घर्मो नक्षतु स्वहोता प्र वामध्वर्युश्चरतु पयस्वान्। मधोर्दुग्धस्याश्विना तनाया वीतं पातं पयस उस्रियायाः

IAST Transliteration

tápto vāṃ gharmó nakṣatu svahótā prá vāṃ adhvaryúś caratu páyasvān | mádhor dugdhásy aśvinā tanā́yā vītáṃ pātáṃ páyasa usríyāyāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Heated, may the Gharma reach you twain, well-officiated; forth may the Adhvaryu proceed for you, rich in milk. Of the sweet, the milked, O Aśvins, for offspring—enjoy ye, drink ye, of the cow-born milk.

Word by Word

• तप्तः: heated, hot
• तप्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु) → तप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: to you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• घर्मः: the hot drink/oblation (gharma)
• घर्मः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• नक्षतु: may it reach/attain
• नक्षतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) [वेदिक: ‘to reach, attain’]

• स्वहोता: the good Hotṛ (priest)
• स्वहोता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: सु-होतृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good hotṛ’)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वाम्: to you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अध्वर्युः: the Adhvaryu priest
• अध्वर्युः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• चरतु: may he proceed / perform
• चरतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)

• पयस्वान्: possessing milk; rich in milk
• पयस्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पयस् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधोः: of honey/sweetness
• मधोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुग्धस्य: of the milked (milk)
• दुग्धस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दुग्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दुह्)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तनायाः: of the offspring/descendant
• तनायाः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनया (प्रातिपदिक)

• वीतम्: enjoyed/accepted (by you)
• वीतम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (used as imperative-like blessing)
• Root: वीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वी ‘to enjoy/seek, to pursue’)

• पातम्: drink (you two)!
• पातम्: —
• Type: Verbal form (injunctive/imperatival usage)
• Root: पा (धातु) → पात (कृदन्त/आशीर्लिङ्गीय प्रयोग)

• पयसः: of milk
• पयसः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उस्रियायाः: of the milch-cow (giver of milk)
• उस्रियायाः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: उस्रिया (प्रातिपदिक; ‘milch-cow’, ‘dawn-like’)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukramaṇī confirmation required.

Devata: Aśvins.

Chandas: To be confirmed by scan.

Mantra Rasa

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