Mantra 2

Sukta 140

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ नूनमश्विनोर्ऋषि स्तोमं चिकेत वामया । आ सोमं मधुमत्तमं घर्मं सिञ्चादथर्वणि

IAST Transliteration

ā nū́nam aśvínoḥ ṛ́ṣi stómaṃ ciketa vāmáyā | ā sómaṃ mádhu-mattamaṃ gharmáṃ siñcād átharvaṇi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Now, verily, let the seer take knowledge of the Aśvins’ laud; by this means (let it be) for you twain. Hither—Soma, most honeyed—let him pour the gharmá, in the Atharvan’s rite.

Translation

Nay, quả thật, hãy để ṛṣi nhận biết lời tán tụng dâng đôi Aśvins; nhờ đó, điều ấy sẽ thành cho hai Ngài. Hãy đến—Soma ngọt mật nhất—hãy để người ấy rót gharmá trong nghi lễ của Atharvan.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नूनम्: now; indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)

• अश्विनोः: of the two Aśvins
• अश्विनोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषिः: the seer
• ऋषिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोमम्: hymn; praise
• स्तोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकेत: let (him) perceive/recognize
• चिकेत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (धातु) / cit ‘to perceive, notice’

• वाम्: you two; for you two
• वाम्: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to/for you two; or ‘of you two’ contextually)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अया: thus; in this way
• अया: करण (manner/instrument)
• Type: Indeclinable (Vedic pronominal form)
• Root: इदम्/अयम्-प्रकार (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) — ‘अया’ as instrumental of ‘अय’/‘इ’ deictic stem in Vedic usage

• आ: hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• सोमम्: Soma (juice/plant)
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमत्तमम्: most honeyed; sweetest
• मधुमत्तमम्: विशेषण (of ‘सोमम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) < मधु + मतुप्

• घर्मम्: hot drink/oblation; gharmá
• घर्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिञ्चात्: let (him) pour
• सिञ्चात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु) / sic ‘to pour, sprinkle’

• अथर्वणि: in/for Atharvan (the Atharvan-priest/tradition)
• अथर्वणि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic Aśvin-hymn tradition (Atharvavedic Book 20 is largely Ṛgveda-derived); specific seer not stated in the verse.

Devata: Aśvinau (Nā́satyau)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence in Atharvanic transmission (Book 20 often preserves Ṛgvedic meters; exact metrical identification may vary by pada division).

Mantra Rasa

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