Mantra 26

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुष्पवतीः प्रसूमतीः फलिनीरफला उत। संमातर इव दुह्रामस्मा अरिष्टतातये

IAST Transliteration

púṣpavatīḥ prasū́matīḥ phalínīr aphalā́ utá | sáṃ-mātara iva duh­rā́m asmá aríṣṭatātaye ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Flower-bearing, richly teeming, fruit-bearing, yea fruitless also,—like mothers all together let us milk them for this man, for unimpaired security.

Translation

পুষ্পবতী, প্রসূমতী, ফলিনী—এমনকি ফলহীনাও—মাতৃসম সকলকে একত্র করে, এই পুরুষের জন্য অরিষ্টতা (অক্ষত নিরাপত্তা) লাভের উদ্দেশ্যে আমরা যেন তাদের দোহন করি।

Word by Word

• पुष्पवतीः: flower-bearing (fem. pl.)
• पुष्पवतीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पवत् (प्रातिपदिक; पुष्प + -वत्)

• प्रसूमतीः: abundantly bearing/producing (fem. pl.)
• प्रसूमतीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसूमत् (प्रातिपदिक; प्र-√सू ‘to bring forth’ + -मत्)

• फलिनीः: fruit-bearing (fem. pl.)
• फलिनीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फलिन् (प्रातिपदिक; फल + -इन्)

• अफला: not fruitless / not lacking fruit (fem. pl.)
• अफला: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अफल (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + फल)

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• संमातरः: (like) mothers together / united mothers (fem. pl.)
• संमातरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: संमातृ (प्रातिपदिक; सं- + मातृ)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• दुह्राम: (you all) milk! / draw (milk)
• दुह्राम: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दुह् (दुह् ‘to milk’)

• अस्मै: for this (one), to him
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अरिष्टतातये: for unharmedness / for freedom from injury
• अरिष्टतातये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिष्टताति (प्रातिपदिक; अरिष्ट + ताति ‘state/condition’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Oṣadhīs (as maternal healers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

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