Mantra 34

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एनीर्धाना हरिणीः श्येनीरस्य कृष्णा धाना रोहिणीर्धेनवस्ते । तिलवत्सा ऊर्जमस्मै दुहाना विश्वाहा सन्त्वनपस्फुरन्तीः

IAST Transliteration

enī́r dhānā́ haríṇīḥ śyenī́r asyá kṛṣṇā́ dhānā́ rohíṇīr dhenávas te | tilávatsā ū́rjam asmái dúhānā víśvāhā santu anapasphurántīḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Eni-cows of grain, tawny; Śyenī-cows of grain—black, and ruddy—these be thy cows. With sesame for calves, yielding him nourishment, let them be for all days, unfaltering.

Translation

أبقارُ إِني من الحبوب، سمراءُ مائلةٌ إلى الصفرة؛ وأبقارُ شْيَني من الحبوب—سوداءُ وحمراءُ—تلك هي أبقارُك. ذاتُ عجولٍ من سِمسم، تَحلبُ له القُوّةَ والغِذاء؛ فلتكنْ له في كلِّ الأيام، لا تَعثُر ولا تَضطرب.

Word by Word

एनीर्धानाःhaving ‘एनी’ as their udder/teat (a cow-epithet); ‘with the एनी-udder’

हरिणीःtawny/harita (cows)

श्येनीःhawk-like; ‘श्येनी’ (a color/epithet)

अस्यof this (man/person/rite)

कृष्णाःblack (cows)

धानाः‘धानाः’ (named/epithetic cows; lit. ‘bearing/placing’, used as an epithet)

रोहिणीःreddish; ‘रोहिणी’ (a color/epithet)

धेनवःmilch-cows

तेfor you / to you

तिलवत्साःhaving sesame-colored calves; ‘with tila-like calves’

ऊर्जम्strength, nourishment

अस्मैto this one; for him

दुहानाःmilking; while yielding (milk)

विश्वाहाall day long; every day

सन्तुlet them be

अनपस्फुरन्तीःnot jerking away; not kicking/restlessly moving

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛmedha tradition

Devata: Pitṛs/Yama; nourishment (ūrj) as the effective boon

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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