Atharva Veda 5.16.10: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 10

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि॑ दशवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.16.10

IAST Transliteration

yádi daśavṛṣó ’ási sṛjāráso ’ási

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Translation

Wenn du zehnfacher Stier bist, wenn du von sṛjā-Saft bist,

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Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya)

• दशवृषः: (you) are a ‘ten-bull’ (very virile/strong one)
• दशवृषः: Kartā (predicate nominative with ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: दशवृष (प्रातिपदिक; दश + वृष ‘bull/virile one’)

• असि: you are
• असि: — (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• सृजारसः: (you) are ‘flowing with sap/juice’ (full of vital essence)
• सृजारसः: Kartā (predicate nominative with ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: सृजारस (प्रातिपदिक; सृज + रस)

• असि: you are
• असि: — (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Sṛjā-rasa

Chandas: Formulaic; Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira