Atharva Veda 9.4.14 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 14

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गुदा॑ आसन्त्सिनीवा॒ल्याः सू॒र्याया॒स्त्वच॑मब्रुवन्। उ॒त्था॒तुर॑ब्रुवन् प॒द ऋ॑ष॒भं यदक॑ल्पयन्

IAST Transliteration

gudā́ āsan sinīvālyā́ḥ sū́ryāyās tvácam abruvan | utthātúr abruvan padá ṛṣabháṃ yád akalpayan ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The anus-parts were Sinīvālī’s; the skin, they said, was Sūryā’s. Of the Uprising One they spake the feet, when they fashioned the Bull aright.

Translation

Die Afterteile, so sagten sie, gehörten Sinīvālī; die Haut, so sagten sie, gehörte Sūryā. Vom Aufstehenden sprachen sie als von den Füßen, als sie den Stier recht gestalteten.

Word by Word

• गुदाः: the buttocks/rectal parts
• गुदाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुदा (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• सिनीवाल्याः: of Sinīvālī (a goddess, associated with fertility/new-moon)
• सिनीवाल्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun (proper/deity-name) / Adjective
• Root: सिनीवाली (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यायाः: of Sūryā (the Sun-maiden / solar one)
• सूर्यायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्या (प्रातिपदिक; fem. of सूर्य)

• त्वचम्: skin
• त्वचम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रुवन्: they said
• अब्रुवन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (वचने)

• उत्थातुः: of the two who raise/rouse (two ‘uplifters’)
• उत्थातुः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun (agent) / Kṛdanta
• Root: उत्थातृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √स्था with ud-; agent noun) / alternatively gen.-abl. of infinitival stem

• अब्रुवन्: they said
• अब्रुवन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (वचने)

• पदे: in/at the step; in the footprint/place
• पदे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषभम्: a bull; (fig.) a strong one
• ऋषभम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: कर्म (relative)
• Type: Pronoun (relative) / Indeclinable-like connector
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अकल्पयन्: they arranged/made/formed
• अकल्पयन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप् (कल्पने/समर्थने) with अ- (causative-like usage in Vedic) / or denominative from कल्प

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.

Devata: Sinīvālī, Sūryā (solar power), and an Utthātṛ-supporting power; with Ṛṣabha as the constructed subject.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like, narrative distribution.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta