Mantra 16

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा मधु मधुकृतः संभरन्ति मधावधि । एवा मे अश्विना वर्च आत्मनि ध्रियताम्

IAST Transliteration

yáthā mádhu madhukŕ̥taḥ sáṃbharanti mádhāv ádhi | evā́ me aśvinā várca ātmáni dhriyatām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As the honey-makers gather honey and lay it up within the honey-store, even so, O Aśvins, let splendour be set and held within my very self.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya-prātipadika)

• मधु: honey
• मधु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (prātipadika)

• मधुकृतः: honey-makers (bees)
• मधुकृतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु-कृत् (prātipadika; kṛdanta)

• संभरन्ति: they gather/bring together
• संभरन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√भृ (भृ)

• मधौ: in honey
• मधौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (prātipadika)

• अधि: upon/into
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (avyaya)

• एव: so; just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• मे: for me / of me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāman)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (Divine Twins)
• अश्विना: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual deity-name)
• Root: अश्विन् (prātipadika)

• वर्चः: splendour; vital radiance
• वर्चः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (prātipadika)

• आत्मनि: in (my) self/person
• आत्मनि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (prātipadika)

• ध्रियताम्: let it be held/established
• ध्रियताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Aśvins

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: shanta