Atharva Veda 20.130.4: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 130, Mantra 4
Sukta 130
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
कः का॒र्ष्ण्याः पयः॑
IAST Transliteration
káḥ kārṣṇyā́ḥ páyaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Who hath the milk of Kārṣṇī?
Translation
น้ำนมของกาษฺณี (Kārṣṇī) นั้น ใครเป็นผู้มีอยู่?
Word by Word
कःwho?
कः:
कर्तृ (प्रश्नवाचकः कर्ता) / विषयः
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → क-
का॒र्ष्ण्याःof the kārṣṇī (a dark/black one; often taken as a plant/being named kārṣṇī)
का॒र्ष्ण्याः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः) — ‘का॒र्ष्ण्याः’ = ‘of the kārṣṇī’
TypeNoun (Genitive attribute)
Rootकृष्णि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘कृष्ण’/‘कृष्णा’ से व्युत्पन्न) → का॒र्ष्ण्य-
पयः॑milk; sap; (milky) juice
पयः॑:
कर्म / विषयः (यत् पृच्छ्यते) — ‘milk/juice’ as the thing in question
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Khila / unspecified
Devata: Payas / Kārṣṇī as named source
Chandas: Irregular (fragment)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: bhayankara
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