Atharva Veda 5.16.7: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 7

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि॑ सप्तवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.16.7

IAST Transliteration

yádi saptavṛṣó ’ási sṛjāráso ’ási

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If thou be seven-bull’d, if thou be of sṛjā-sap,

Translation

إن كنتَ ذا قوّةِ ثورٍ سباعيّة، وإن كنتَ ذا عصارةِ sṛjā (sṛjā-rasa)—فليكن كذلك.

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Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• सप्तवृषः: seven-bull(ed); having seven bulls (epithet)
• सप्तवृषः: Kartā (असि इत्यस्य कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी नामपद) / विधेय-विशेषणम्
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सप्तवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) = सप्त + वृषन्

• असि: you are
• असि: — (सम्बन्धक क्रिया; कर्ता = त्वम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) ‘to be’

• सृजारसः: juice/essence-emitting; having flowing sap
• सृजारसः: Kartā (असि इत्यस्य कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी नामपद) / विधेय-विशेषणम्
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सृजारस् (प्रातिपदिक) = सृज् (√सृज् ‘to pour/emit’) + रस (रस) → बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासाधारित विशेषण

• असि: you are
• असि: — (सम्बन्धक क्रिया; कर्ता = त्वम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) ‘to be’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-seer not securely individualized for this short formulaic series)

Devata: The empowered substance itself (sṛjā-rasa) as a quasi-personified healing agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (formulaic hemistich; metrical classification uncertain in isolation)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira