Mantra 23

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जनित्रीव प्रति हर्यासि सूनुं सं त्वा दधामि पृथिवीं पृथिव्या। उखा कुम्भी वेद्यां मा व्यथिष्ठा यज्ञायुधैराज्येनातिषक्ता

IAST Transliteration

janitrī́va práti haryāsi sūnúṃ sáṃ tvā́ dadhāmi pṛthivī́ṃ pṛthivyā́ | ukhā́ kumbhī́ vedyā́ṃ mā́ vyathíṣṭhā yajñāyúdhair ā́jyénā́tiṣaktā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As a mother, thou bearest the offspring forth: I set thee fast—Earth upon Earth. O ukhā, O cooking-pot, upon the altar be not shaken; with the sacrificial implements, with ghee, be thou made firmly adherent.

Translation

كأمٍّ تُخرِجين النَّسلَ وتحملينه إلى الأمام؛ أُثبّتُكِ—أرضًا على أرض. يا ukhā، يا قِدرَ الطهي، على الـ vedi (المذبح) لا تهتزّي؛ وبأدواتِ الـ yajña وبالسمن (ghee) كوني ملتصقةً التصاقًا محكمًا.

Word by Word

जनित्रीthe begetter/mother (producer)

इवlike, as

प्रतिtowards, in return

हर्यासिyou carry/bring

सूनुम्son, offspring

सम्together, completely

त्वाyou

दधामिI place, I set

पृथिवीम्the earth

पृथिव्याःof the earth

उखाO ukhā-pot (fire-pan/ritual vessel)

कुम्भीO pot, jar

वेद्याम्on the altar

माdo not

व्यथिष्ठाःbe disturbed/shake

यज्ञायुधैःwith the implements/weapons of sacrifice

आज्येनwith ghee

अतिषक्ताwell-attached/firmly fastened

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Pṛthivī-sūkta transmission (seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions for AV 12.3).

Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) and the consecrated vessel as ritual locus; implicitly Agni in the ukhā.

Chandas: Mixed/triṣṭubh-jagatī tendencies in the Pṛthivī-hymn section (edition-dependent); this verse scans as a longer pāda-type rather than strict anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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