Mantra 35

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुरोडाशवत्सा सुदुघा लोकेऽस्मा उप तिष्ठति । सास्मै सर्वान् कामान् वशा प्रददुषे दुहे

IAST Transliteration

puroḍā́śa-vatsā́ sudúghā́ lóke ’smā́i úpa tiṣṭhati | sā́ ’smāi sárvān kā́mān vaśā́ pradadúṣe duhē ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the sacrificial cake for calf, a good milker, she stands near him in the world: the Vashā milks out for him all desires—to him who hath bestowed her.

Translation

ومع عِجلِ كعكةِ القربان (puroḍāśa)، وهي حسنةُ الإدرار، تقف بقربه في هذا العالم. والـ«واشا» (Wāśā) تدرّ له كلَّ الرغبات—لمن قد بذلها ووهبها.

Word by Word

• पुरोडाशवत्सा: (the cow) having a puroḍāśa-calf / whose calf is (like) a sacrificial cake
• पुरोडाशवत्सा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: पुरोडाश-वत्स (प्रातिपदिक; पुरोडाश + वत्स) अथवा पुरोडाशवत्स- (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदुघा: good-milking, yielding well
• सुदुघा: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; दुह् ‘to milk’ से गुणवाचक)

• लोके: in the world / in the realm
• लोके: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: to him / for him
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तिष्ठति: stands
• तिष्ठति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• सा: she
• सा: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: to him / for him
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• कामान्: desires, wishes
• कामान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• वशा: the Vashā-cow (a ritual cow; a yielding cow)
• वशा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, fully
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ददुषे: to the giver (to him who has given)
• ददुषे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Participle (perfect active) used substantively
• Root: दा (धातु) → दद् (परफेक्ट-आधार) / ददुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुहे: she milks / yields milk
• दुहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (not specified here).

Devata: Vaśā as beneficent agent; indirectly Yajña (puroḍāśa).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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