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Rig Veda 1.117.22: Mandala 1, Sukta 117, Mantra 22

Sukta 1.117

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditionally associated with RV 1.117–1.118)
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā/Dasrā)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 1.117; verse-level confirmation may vary by recension)

आथर्वणायाश्विना दधीचेऽश्व्यं शिरः प्रत्यैरयतम् । स वां मधु प्र वोचदृतायन्त्वाष्ट्रं यद्दस्रावपिकक्ष्यं वाम् ॥

ātharvaṇā́yāśvinā dadhīcé’śvyaṁ śíraḥ práty airayatam | sá vāṁ mádhu prá vocad ṛtāyán tvā́ṣṭraṁ yád dasrāv apikakṣyáṁ vām ||

హే అశ్వినులారా! అథర్వణునికోసం మీరు దధీచి యొక్క అశ్వ-శిరస్సును (గుర్రతల) మళ్లీ పైకి లేపి స్థాపించారు. అప్పుడు అతడు మీకు ఋత యొక్క మధుర మధువును—త్వష్టృ-జన్యమైన ఆ గూఢవిద్యను—ప్రకటించాడు; అది, హే అద్భుతులారా, మీ అంతఃగుహ్య ఆశ్రయంలో దాగి ఉండేది.

आथर्वणायto/for the Atharvan (priestly line)
आथर्वणाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootआथर्वण (प्रातिपदिक; अथर्वन्-सम्बन्धी)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (dual)
अश्विना:
(Address)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
दधीचेfrom Dadhīci
दधीचे:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदधीचि (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)
अश्व्यम्horse-like / pertaining to a horse
अश्व्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअश्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अश्व-सम्बन्धी’)
शिरःhead
शिरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिback, in return, towards
प्रति:
(Directional/relational)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति
ऐरयतम्you two set in motion / you two restored
ऐरयतम्:
(Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootईर्/इर् (धातु; ‘चलयति/प्रेरयति’), causative stem ईरय-
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्of you two / to you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna/Relation
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मधुhoney; sweet (drink/word)
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
(Preverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
वोचत्spoke, proclaimed
वोचत्:
(Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
ऋतायन्going by ṛta; truth-abiding
ऋतायन्:
Kartā (apposition to सः)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootऋताय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ऋतं यातीति/ऋते स्थितः’), present participle stem ऋतायन्
त्वाष्ट्रम्Tvaṣṭṛ’s (work/thing); fashioned by Tvaṣṭṛ
त्वाष्ट्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootत्वाष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक; त्वष्टृ-सम्बन्धी)
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (relative to implied object)
TypePronoun/Relative
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
दस्रौO wondrous ones (Aśvins)
दस्रौ:
(Address)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदस्र (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of the Aśvins)
अपिकक्ष्यम्lying in/at the armpit/side; kept close (in the flank)
अपिकक्ष्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअपिकक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कक्ष्य’ with prefix अपि-)
वाम्of you two
वाम्:
Relation
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

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