Mantra 4

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हिरण्ययी नौरचरद्धिरण्यबन्धना दिवि। तत्रामृतस्य पुष्पं देवाः कुष्ठमवन्वत

IAST Transliteration

hiraṇyáyī náuḥ acarad hiraṇyabandhanā́ diví | tátrāmṛ́tasya púṣpaṃ devā́ḥ kúṣṭham avanvata ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A golden ship went coursing in the heaven, with golden bonds: there was the blossom of immortality; there the Gods won Kuṣṭha.

Translation

सुवर्णमयी नौका सुवर्णबंधांनी बांधलेली दिव्यात संचारत गेली. तेथे अमृताचे पुष्प होते; तेथेच देवांनी कुष्ठ (औषधी) प्राप्त केली.

Word by Word

• हिरण्ययी: golden
• हिरण्ययी: कर्तृ (नौः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• नौः: ship, boat
• नौः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अचरत्: moved, went
• अचरत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)

• हिरण्यबन्धना: having golden bonds/fastenings
• हिरण्यबन्धना: कर्तृ (नौः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्य-बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• दिवि: in heaven, in the sky
• दिवि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (देश/स्थानसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• अमृतस्य: of immortality/nectar
• अमृतस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुष्पम्: flower, bloom
• पुष्पम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुष्ठम्: kuṣṭha (a medicinal herb)
• कुष्ठम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; औषधिनाम)

• अवन्वत: they obtained/won; they found (for aid)
• अवन्वत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव्/अवन् (धातु; ‘to favor, help, obtain’—वेदिक प्रयोग)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Kuṣṭha / Amṛta (implicit); imagery of the golden ship as divine conveyance

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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