Atharva Veda 7.35.3: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 3

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परं॒ योने॒रव॑रं ते कृणोमि॒ मा त्वा॑ प्र॒जाभि भू॒न्मोत सूनुः॑ । अ॒स्वं॑१ त्वाप्र॑जसं कृणो॒म्यश्मा॑नं ते अपि॒धानं कृणोमि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.35.3

IAST Transliteration

paráṃ yóner ávaraṃ te kṛṇómi mā́ tvā prajā́bhir bhūn mótá sūnúḥ | ásvaṃ tvā́ ’prajasaṃ kṛṇómy aśmā́naṃ te apidhā́naṃ kṛṇómi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The upper and the lower of thy womb I set in order: let not offspring oppress thee, nor yet a son. Barren, without progeny, I make thee; a stone for thee I make as covering-stopper.

Translation

Das Obere und das Untere deines Schoßes ordne ich: Nicht sollen Nachkommen dich bedrängen, noch auch ein Sohn. Unfruchtbar, ohne Nachkommenschaft mache ich dich; einen Stein mache ich dir als deckenden Verschluss.

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Word by Word

• परम्: above, higher (upwards)
• परम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) / परम् (अव्यय)

• योनेः: of the womb/source
• योनेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवरम्: below, lower (downwards)
• अवरम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोमि: I make, I do
• कृणोमि: Kartā (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजाभिः: with offspring, with progeny
• प्रजाभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूः: become / be
• भूः: Kartā (addressee as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)

• सूनुः: son
• सूनुः: Kartā (of implied verb ‘be’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्वम्: not-a-horse; horse-less (i.e., deprived of a horse)
• अस्वम्: Karma (object-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजसम्: having offspring; fruitful
• प्रजसम्: Karma (object-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोमि: I make
• कृणोमि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• अश्मानम्: a stone
• अश्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your / for you
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपिधानम्: a covering, a lid, a stopper
• अपिधानम्: Karma (object/apposition to अश्मानम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपिधान (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोमि: I make, I place
• कृणोमि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per Anukramaṇī for 7.35)

Devata: Apidhāna/Aśman (functional ‘deity’ of closure); the yoni as ritual focus

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara