Mantra 6

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

राजसूयं वाजपेयमग्निष्टोमस्तदध्वरः । अर्काश्वमेधावुच्छिष्टे जीवबर्हिर्मदिन्तमः

IAST Transliteration

rājasū́yaṃ vājapéyam agniṣṭómas tád adhvaráḥ | arkā́śvamedhā́v ucchíṣṭe jīvábarhir madíntamaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Rājasūya, the Vājapeya, the Agniṣṭoma—this is the sacrifice; the Arka and the Aśvamedha, within the Ucchiṣṭa—having living barhis, most exhilarating.

Translation

王灌顶祭(Rājasūya)、饮胜酒祭(Vājapeya)、火祭颂(Agniṣṭoma)——此即祭献(adhvara)；阿尔迦(Arka)与马祭(Aśvamedha)亦在余食(Ucchiṣṭa)之中——具“活的祭草”(jīva-barhis)，最为酣畅、最能振奋。

Word by Word

• राजसूयम्: the Rājasūya (royal consecration sacrifice)
• राजसूयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय (प्रातिपदिक) < राजन् + सूय (यज्ञ-नाम)

• वाजपेयं: the Vājapeya sacrifice
• वाजपेयं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजपेय (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ-नाम)

• अग्निष्टोमः: the Agniṣṭoma (a Soma-sacrifice)
• अग्निष्टोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम (प्रातिपदिक; सोमयाग-भेद)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्वरः: the rite/sacrifice (adhvara)
• अध्वरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्काश्वमेधौ: the Arka(-rite) and the Aśvamedha
• अर्काश्वमेधौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्काश्वमेध (द्वन्द्व-समास; अर्क + अश्वमेध)

• उच्छिष्टे: in/with the remainder, in the leavings (ucca-śiṣṭa)
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीवबर्हिः: (the one) whose sacrificial grass is living/fresh
• जीवबर्हिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवबर्हि (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; जीव + बर्हिस्)

• मदिन्तमः: most exhilarating/most intoxicating
• मदिन्तमः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (सुपरलटिव)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Brahmavādin attribution (varies)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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