Atharva Veda 5.16.5: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 5

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि॑ पञ्चवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.16.5

IAST Transliteration

yádi páñca-vṛṣó ’ási sṛjá-rasó ’ási

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Translation

Wenn du fünffache 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)

• पञ्चवृषः: a five-bull (one having five bulls / fivefold bull-like power)
• पञ्चवृषः: Kartā (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: पञ्चवृष (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + वृष)

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

• सृजारसः: one whose essence/juice is ‘sṛjā’ (i.e., having flowing/issuing sap; sapful)
• सृजारसः: Kartā (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सृजारस (प्रातिपदिक; सृजा + रस)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Charm-substance as agent of expulsion and strengthening

Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta