Mantra 19

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विश्वव्यचा घृतपृष्ठो भविष्यन्त्सयोनिर्लोकमुप याह्येतम्। वर्षवृद्धमुप यच्छ शूर्पं तुषं पलावानप तद् विनक्तु

IAST Transliteration

viśvavyácā ghṛtápṛṣṭho bhaviṣyán sáyonir lokám úpa yāhy etám | varṣávṛddham úpa yaccha śū́rpaṃ túṣaṃ palā́vān ápa tád vinaktu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All-pervading, ghee-backed, about to prosper, well-based—come thou unto this sphere. Lay hold upon the winnowing-fan, rain-nourished; let it sift away the husk, the strawy refuse—let that be severed off.

Translation

يا شاملَ كلِّ شيء، يا ذا ظهرٍ من السمن (ghṛta)، يا مُقبِلًا على الازدهار، يا حسنَ الأساس—تعالَ إلى هذا الحيّز. وتناول المِذراة/المِروحةَ للذَّرْو (śūrpa) المُغذّاة بالمطر؛ ولْتَذْرُ القِشْرَ (التُّشَة) وبقايا التبن—ولْيُفصَلْ ذلك ويُطرَح.

Word by Word

• विश्वव्यचा: all-pervading, wide-spreading
• विश्वव्यचा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वव्यचस् (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व- + व्यचस् ‘व्यापक/विस्तृत’)

• घृतपृष्ठः: having a ghee-like back; ghee-backed
• घृतपृष्ठः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृतपृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; घृत + पृष्ठ)

• भविष्यन्: becoming; about to be
• भविष्यन्: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: भू (धातु) → भविष्यत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)

• सयोनिः: having the same womb/origin; of one source
• सयोनिः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सयोनि (प्रातिपदिक; स- ‘with’ + योनि ‘womb/origin/seat’)

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: towards; near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• याहि: go!; proceed!
• याहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• एतम्: this (one/this)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्षवृद्धम्: grown by rains; rain-increased
• वर्षवृद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्षवृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष ‘rain/year’ + वृद्ध ‘grown/increased’)

• उप: towards; near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• यच्छ: hold!; restrain!; keep!
• यच्छ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)

• शूर्पम्: winnowing basket; sieve
• शूर्पम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुषम्: husk; chaff
• तुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• पलावान्: straw/chaff (as the agent); the straw-litter
• पलावान्: Kartā
• Type: Noun (collective) / Adjective
• Root: पलाव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘straw/chaff’)

• अप: away; off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप

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

• विनक्तु: let it separate/sift out; let it winnow away
• विनक्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्‍यच्/विच्? (धातु) → वि-नक्तु (आज्ञार्थ 3sg)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (general for AV 12.3; not uniformly verse-assigned)

Devata: Śūrpa/Vānaspatya as empowered implement; prosperity-force (brahman/Agni-like brilliance)

Chandas: Jagatī-like (mixed)

Mantra Rasa

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