Atharva Veda 20.130.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 130, Mantra 2

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

को असि॒द्याः पयः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.130.2

IAST Transliteration

kó asidyā́ḥ páyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Who hath the milk of Asidyā?

Translation

അസിദ്യാ എന്നതിന്റേ പാൽ (പയഃ) ആരുടെ പക്കലുണ്ട്?

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Word by Word

• कः: who?
• कः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → क-

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्) धातु

• द्याः: the sky / heaven
• द्याः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: द्यौस् ‘sky, heaven’)

• पयः: milk; sap; nourishing fluid
• पयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Khila / unspecified

Devata: Payas (nourishing essence) / unnamed provider

Chandas: Truncated/irregular (mantra-fragment)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta