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Rig Veda 1.22.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 22, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.22

Devata: Aśvins (dual)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4×8 syllables)

या वां कशा मधुमत्यश्विना सूनृतावती । तया यज्ञं मिमिक्षतम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.22.3

yā vāṃ kaśā madhúmaty aśvinā sūnṛ́tāvatī | tayā yajñáṃ mimikṣatam ||

హే అశ్వినౌ! మీ ఆ కశా (లగ్గాం)—మధురరసంతో నిండినది, సూనృతా (సత్య-మంగళ వాక్కు)తో సమృద్ధమైనది—దానిచేత మా యజ్ఞాన్ని బలపరచి, ఒకే పెరుగుతున్న అర్పణక్రియగా కలిపి నిలుపండి.

याwhich (she/that)
या:
कर्तृ (of implied ‘is/exists’ referring to ‘कशा’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वाम्for you two / to you two
वाम्:
सम्प्रदान (for you two)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
कशाwhip, rein
कशा:
कर्तृ (subject: ‘the whip/rein’)
TypeNoun
Rootकशा (prātipadika)
मधुमतीhoney-sweet, full of sweetness
मधुमती:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमत् (adj. prātipadika)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (proper) / Vocative
Rootअश्विन् (prātipadika; dual deity-name)
सूनृतावतीpossessing good/true speech, gracious
सूनृतावती:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसूनृतावत् (adj. prātipadika)
तयाwith that (with her/therewith)
तया:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
यज्ञम्sacrifice, rite
यज्ञम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (prātipadika)
मिमिक्षतम्you two sprinkle/mix (it), moisten
मिमिक्षतम्:
क्रिया (addressed to Aśvins as agents)
TypeVerb
Rootमिह्/मिक्ष् (धातु; ‘to sprinkle/mix’, Vedic) → reduplicated present stem मि-मिक्ष्

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