Mantra 31

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ रोह तल्पं सुमनस्यमानेह प्रजां जनय पत्ये अस्मै। इन्द्राणीव सुबुधा बुध्यमाना ज्योतिरग्रा उषसः प्रति जागरासि

IAST Transliteration

ā́ roha tálpaṃ su-manasyámānèhá prajā́ṃ janaya pátye asmái | indrāṇī́va su-búdhā búdhyamānā jyótir-agrā uṣásaḥ práti jāgarāsi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mount thou the couch, of gracious mind; here generate offspring for this thy lord. Like Indrāṇī, well-awake, awakening, with light before thee, thou watchest toward the Dawns.

Translation

اصعدي إلى السرير بقلبٍ راضٍ؛ ههنا أنجبي نسلًا لهذا الزوج. وكإندراني، يقِظةً حسنَ اليقظة، مُوقِظةً، والنور أمامك، تسهرين متوجِّهةً نحو الأسحار.

Word by Word

आup, onto

रोहclimb, mount

तल्पम्bed, couch

सुमनस्यमानेbeing kindly disposed, of good mind

इहhere

प्रजाम्offspring, progeny

जनयbeget, generate (cause to be born)

पत्येfor (thy) husband

अस्मैfor him (this one)

इन्द्राणीIndrāṇī

इवlike, as

सुबुधाvery wise, well-awake

बुध्यमानाwaking, becoming aware

ज्योतिःlight

अग्रेin front, at the fore

उषसःof the dawn

प्रतिtowards, in response to

जागरासिthou art awake / thou keepest awake

Attribution

Rishi: Ātharvaṇa bridal tradition.

Devata: Indrāṇī (exemplar), Uṣas (dawns), and the marital-fertility function itself.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence is possible due to length; domestic AV verses often show expanded pādas.

Mantra Rasa

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