Atharva Veda 9.10.6: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 10, Mantra 6

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गौर॑मीमेद॒भि व॒त्सं मि॒षन्तं॑ मू॒र्धानं॒ हिङ्ङ॑कृणो॒न्मात॒वा उ॑ । सृक्वा॑णं घ॒र्मम॒भि वा॑वशा॒ना मिमा॑ति मा॒युं पय॑ते॒ पयो॑भिः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.10.6

IAST Transliteration

gáur amīmet abhí vatsáṃ míṣantaṃ mūrdhā́naṃ híṅ akṛṇon mātávā́ u | sṛ́kvāṇaṃ gharmám abhí vāvashānā́ mimā́ti māyúṃ páyate páyobhiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Cow lowed over the calf that stirred; with the hiṅ-cry she made (as it were) a motherly head. Licking him, yearning toward the warmth, she metes out the cry, and with her milks she gives him to drink.

Translation

Die Kuh brüllte über dem Kalb, das sich regte; mit dem hiṅ-Ruf machte sie gleichsam ein mütterliches Haupt. Ihn leckend, nach der Wärme verlangend, bemisst sie ihren Ruf, und mit ihren Milchen lässt sie ihn trinken.

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Word by Word

• गौराम्: the cow (as object)
• गौराम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईमेद्: indeed, just (emphatic)
• ईमेद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम् (अव्यय) + इद् (निपात/एन्क्लिटिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वत्सम्: the calf
• वत्सम्: अधि/अभि-सम्बन्धे कर्म (गत्यर्थ/आश्रय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• मिषन्तम्: moving/restless
• मिषन्तम्: कर्म (वत्सम् विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: मिष् (धातु) → मिषत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• मूर्धानम्: the head
• मूर्धानम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिङ्ङकृणोत्: made (a ‘hiṅ’ sound), lowed
• हिङ्ङकृणोत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिङ् (अनुकरण/निपात) + कृ (धातु)

• मातवा: O mother (cow)!
• मातवा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (Vedic form) / Vocative-like address
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + -वा (वेदिक-प्रत्ययः; संबोधन/नामधात्वर्थ-सम्बद्धः)

• उ: indeed, then
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• सृक्वाणम्: the lip/jaw (mouth-part)
• सृक्वाणम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृक्वन्/सृक्वा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lip/jaw/cheek’—वेदिक)

• घर्मम्: heat; hot drink/oblation (gharma)
• घर्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वावशाना: bellowing, crying out
• वावशाना: कर्तृ (गौराः/मातवा इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: वाश्/वाश (धातु ‘to bellow/cry’) → वावशान (परिप्रसारित/वेदिक-परफेक्ट कृदन्त)

• मिमाति: measures out
• मिमाति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु; ‘to measure’/‘to mete out’)

• मायुम्: a lowing/cry
• मायुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मायु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bellowing/lowing’ or ‘sound/cry’—वेदिक)

• पयते: drinks
• पयते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु; ‘to drink’)

• पयःभिः: with milk(s)
• पयःभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Gauḥ (Cow) as generative power; implicitly prāṇa/heat (gharma) as life-agent

Chandas: Mixed/triṣṭubh-jagatī tendency in AV 9; verse-level meter requires pada-count verification

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: karuna