Atharva Veda 3.23.4: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 4

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यानि॑ भ॒द्राणि॒ बीजा॑न्यृष॒भा ज॒नय॑न्ति च । तैस्त्वं पु॒त्रं वि॑न्दस्व॒ सा प्र॒सूर्धेनु॑का भव

IAST Transliteration

yā́ni bhadrā́ṇi bī́jāny ṛṣabhā́ janáyanti ca | táis tvaṃ putráṃ vindasva sā́ prasū́r dhenúkā bhava |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What auspicious seeds the bulls beget and bring to birth—with those do thou obtain a son; be thou a fruitful mother, cow-like in abundance.

Translation

Welche segensreichen Samen die Stiere zeugen und zur Geburt bringen — mit ihnen erlange du einen Sohn; sei eine fruchtbare Gebärerin, kuhgleich an Fülle.

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Word by Word

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भद्राणि: auspicious, good
• भद्राणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• बीजानि: seeds
• बीजानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषभाः: bulls (stud-bulls)
• ऋषभाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनयन्ति: beget, generate
• जनयन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे) → caus. √जनय्

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

• तैः: by/with those
• तैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• विन्दस्व: obtain, find (for yourself)
• विन्दस्व: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद्/√विन्द् (विन्दति ‘प्राप्नोति’)

• सा: she/that (woman)
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रसूः: a mother, one who bears (a child)
• प्रसूः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसू (प्रातिपदिक)

• धेनुका: a milch-cow; (as epithet) cow-like, yielding
• धेनुका: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: धेनुका (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धेनु’ + -क)

• भव: become, be
• भव: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic seers (traditional attribution)

Devata: Prajā (progeny), with bovine abundance as supporting power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: adbhuta