Mantra 12

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मादश्वा अजायन्त ये च के चोभयादतः । गावो ह जज्ञिरे तस्मात् तस्माज्जाता अजावयः

IAST Transliteration

tásmād áśvā ajāyanta yé ca ké cobhayā́-dataḥ | gā́vo ha jajñire tásmāt tásmāj jātā́ ajāváyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From that were Horses born, and all that have two rows of teeth; Cows verily from that were born; from that, from that sprang Goats and Sheep.

Translation

ومن ذلك وُلِدَتِ الخيولُ، وكلُّ ما له صفّان من الأسنان؛ ومن ذلك وُلِدَتِ الأبقارُ حقًّا؛ ومن ذلك، ومن ذلك أيضًا، وُلِدَتِ الماعزُ والغنمُ.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that (source/therefrom)
• तस्मात्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजायन्त: were born / came into being
• अजायन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जने) / √जन् (प्रादुर्भावे)

• ये: which / who
• ये: कर्तृ (विशेषण-सम्बन्धः ‘अश्वाः’ प्रति)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• के: some / any
• के: कर्तृ (समुच्चितः ‘ये’ सह)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• उभयादतः: having teeth on both sides (i.e., with both sets of teeth)
• उभयादतः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: उभय (प्रातिपदिक) + दत (प्रातिपदिक, ‘दन्त’/‘दत्’ = tooth) → समासः

• गावः: cows
• गावः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed / surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• जज्ञिरे: were born / have arisen
• जज्ञिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जने)

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: √जन् → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, भूतकृदन्तः/क्त)

• अजावयः: goats and sheep
• अजावयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक) + अवि (प्रातिपदिक) → द्वन्द्व-समासः

Attribution

Rishi: Puruṣa-sūkta transmission line

Devata: Puruṣa/Yajña as generative source; implicitly Paśu (cattle) as produced beings

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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