Atharva Veda 5.16.3: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 3

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि॑ त्रिवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.16.3

IAST Transliteration

yádi trí-vṛṣó ’ási sṛjá-rasó ’ási

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If thou be of threefold bull-strength, if thou be of streaming sap—(so be it).

Translation

Wenn du dreifache Stierkraft besitzt, wenn du von strömendem Saft (rasa) bist — so sei es.

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Word by Word

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

• त्रिवृषः: (you) the threefold-bull/threefold-strong one
• त्रिवृषः: Kartā (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun (masc.)
• Root: त्रि-वृष (प्रातिपदिक: त्रिवृष)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• सृजारसः: (you) having/possessing flowing essence; of streaming sap
• सृजारसः: Kartā (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (masc.)
• Root: सृज-रस (प्रातिपदिक: सृजारस)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Charm-substance as empowered agent

Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta