Atharva Veda 20.130.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 130, Mantra 3
Sukta 130
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
को अर्जु॑न्याः॒ पयः॑
IAST Transliteration
kó arjun’yā́ḥ páyaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Who hath the milk of Arjunī?
Translation
അർജുനീ എന്നതിന്റേ പാൽ (പയഃ) ആരുടെ പക്കലുണ്ട്?
Word by Word
कःwho? (which one?)
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → क-
अर्जुन्याःof Arjunī / of Arjunyā (name)
अर्जुन्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun (Proper/Name) / Noun
Rootअर्जुनि (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग) / अर्जुन्य (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
पयःmilk; sap; nourishing fluid
पयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग)
Attribution
Rishi: Khila / unspecified
Devata: Payas / Arjunī as named source
Chandas: Irregular (fragment)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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