Mantra 8

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सिलाची नाम कानीनोऽजबभ्रु पिता तव । अश्वो यमस्य यः श्यावस्तस्य हास्नास्युक्षिता

IAST Transliteration

silācí̄ ná̄ma kānīnó ’jábabhru pitā́ táva | áśvo yamásya yáḥ śyā́vas tásya ha sná̄sy úkṣitāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Silācī by name—Kānīna; Ajababhru is thy sire. The dark horse that is Yama’s—verily with that one’s sinew art thou besprinkled.

Translation

ਸਿਲਾਚੀ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ (ਤੂੰ) ਕਾਨੀਨਾ ਹੈਂ; ਅਜਬਭ੍ਰੂ ਤੇਰਾ ਪਿਤਾ ਹੈ। ਯਮ ਦਾ ਜੋ ਸ਼੍ਯਾਵ (ਕਾਲਾ) ਅਸ਼੍ਵ ਹੈ—ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਸਨਾਯੂ ਨਾਲ ਤੂੰ ਛਿੜਕੀ/ਅਭਿਸ਼ਿਕਤ ਹੋਈ ਹੈਂ।

Word by Word

• सिलाची: Silācī (a medicinal substance/plant-name)
• सिलाची: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिलाची (प्रातिपदिक; औषधि/द्रव्य-नाम)

• नाम: by name; called
• नाम: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कानीनः: the boy/son (esp. a young son; ‘kānīna’)
• कानीनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानीन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अज: a goat
• अज: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• बभ्रुः: brown; tawny
• बभ्रुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तव: of you; your
• तव: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वः: horse
• अश्वः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who; which
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्यावः: dark; dusky
• श्यावः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्याव (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हास्ना: with/by ‘hāsnā’ (a medicinal substance/plant-name)
• हास्ना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास्ना (प्रातिपदिक; द्रव्य/औषधि-नाम)

• अस्य: of this; his
• अस्य: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उक्षिताः: sprinkled; anointed (lit. ‘having been sprinkled’)
• उक्षिताः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: उक्ष् (धातु) → उक्षित (कृदन्त, क्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain at verse-level)

Devata: Silācī (personified); Yama as invoked counter-power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

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