Mantra 11

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऐनं निकामो गच्छति निकामे निकामस्य भवति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

ā́ enaṁ nikā́mo gácchati nikā́me nikā́masya bhavati yá eváṁ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unto him cometh Fulfilled-Desire; in Fulfilled-Desire he is established; he becometh the possessor of Fulfilled-Desire—whoso thus knoweth.

Word by Word

• एनम्: him/it (this one)
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एतद्/इदम्-श्रृंखला

• निकामः: desire; wish (as an agent/impulse)
• निकामः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: निकाम (प्रातिपदिक)

• गच्छति: goes; reaches
• गच्छति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• निकामे: in/at (his) desire; in the wished-for state
• निकामे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: निकाम (प्रातिपदिक)

• निकामस्य: of desire; of the wish
• निकामस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: निकाम (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes; comes to be
• भवति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya-related tradition (Book 15 is characteristically Vratya/Brāhmaṇa-like; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Nikāma (Fulfilled Desire) / phala (result) as personified efficacy

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-style cadence (not a strict metrical ṛc)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta