Mantra 1
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
लाक्षा रात्री माता नभः पितार्यमा ते पितामहः । सिलाची नाम वा असि सा देवानामसि स्वसा
IAST Transliteration
lā́kṣā rā́trī mātā́ nábhaḥ pitā́ryamā́ te pitāmaháḥ | silācī́ nā́ma vá̄ asi sā́ devā́nām asi svásā
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Lac—Night is thy mother; the Sky thy father; Aryaman thy grandsire. By name thou art Silācī: thou art the Gods’ own sister.
Word by Word
लाक्षाlac (lac-resin; red dye substance)
लाक्षा:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये विधेय-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootलाक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
रात्रीःNight
रात्रीः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
माताmother
माता:
Kartā/विधेय (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये: ‘माता’ इति)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
नभःsky, heaven
नभः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootनभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पिताfather
पिता:
Kartā/विधेय (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये: ‘पिता’ इति)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्यमाAryaman (Āditya deity)
अर्यमा:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun (deity-name)
Rootअर्यमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘thy/your’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितामहःgrandfather
पितामहः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
सिलाचीSilācī (a named substance/plant/ointment; epithet)
सिलाची:
Kartā/विधेय (नाम-निर्देशे)
TypeNoun (name/epithet)
Rootसिलाची (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
नामby name, named
नाम:
विशेषण-भाव/सम्बन्ध (नाम-निर्देशः)
TypeNoun (used adverbially)
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor/indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
असिyou are
असि:
— (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
साshe/that (f.)
सा:
Kartā (अग्रम् ‘असि’ इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
स्वसाsister
स्वसा:
विधेय (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये: ‘स्वसा’ इति)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वसृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (per Anukramaṇī for AV 5.5).
Devata: Lākṣā/Silācī (personified substance); associated with Rātrī, Nabhas, Aryaman.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.
Mantra Rasa
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