Mantra 8
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इदमाज्यं घृतवज्जुषाणाः कामज्येष्ठा इह मादयध्वम्। कृण्वन्तो मह्यमसपत्नमेव
IAST Transliteration
idám ā́jyaṃ ghṛtávaj juṣāṇā́ḥ kā́ma-jyeṣṭhā ihá mādayadhvam | kṛṇvánto máhyam asapátnam evá ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
This ghee-rich ājya—accepting it—rejoice ye here, with Kāma as your chief; and, rejoicing, make me verily without a rival.
Word by Word
इदम्this (oblation)
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आज्यम्ghee; clarified butter (as oblation)
आज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
घृतवत्rich in ghee; ghee-filled
घृतवत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootघृत + वत् (तद्धित-प्रातिपदिक)
जुषाणाःenjoying; accepting with pleasure
जुषाणाः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootजुष् (धातु) → जुषाण (शानच्-कृदन्त)
कामज्येष्ठाःhaving desire as the foremost; desire-led
कामज्येष्ठाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootकाम + ज्येष्ठ (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्राय)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
मादयध्वम्rejoice! become exhilarated!
मादयध्वम्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (धातु) → मादयध्वम्
कृण्वन्तःmaking; doing
कृण्वन्तः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृण्वन्त् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
मह्यम्for me; to me
मह्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असपत्नम्without rivals; free from enemies
असपत्नम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + सपत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed; just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.
Devata: Kāma-leading divine assembly (implicitly Viśve Devāḥ).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (shorter verse; scansion depends on pada resolution).
Mantra Rasa
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