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Atharva Veda 9.9.17: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 17

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒वः परे॑ण प॒र ए॒नाव॑रेण प॒दा व॒त्सं बिभ्र॑ती॒ गौरुद॑स्थात्। सा क॒द्रीची॒ कं स्वि॒दर्धं॒ परा॑गा॒त् क्वऽस्वित्सूते न॒हि यू॒थे अ॒स्मिन्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.9.17
IAST Transliteration

aváḥ paréṇa párá enā́varéṇa padā́ vatsáṃ bíbhratī gáur úd asthāt | sā́ kadrī́cī káṃ svíd árdhaṃ párāgāt kvà svit sū́te náhi yūthé asmín

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Downward—by the farther foot, and then by the nearer—bearing her calf, the Cow hath risen up. Whither, pray, to what half hath she departed? Where, pray, doth she bring forth? for not within this herd is she.

Translation

Abwärts — mit dem ferneren Fuß, dann mit dem näheren —, ihr Kalb tragend, ist die Kuh aufgestanden. Wohin, sag, zu welchem Teil ist sie fortgegangen? Wo, sag, gebiert sie? Denn in dieser Herde ist sie nicht.

Word by Word
अवःhelp, protection
अवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा अवस्- (अव्यय/निपात)
परेणwith/by the farther (one)
परेण:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
परःthe farther one
परः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
एनwith/by this
एन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एन- (वेदिक रूप)
अवरेणwith/by the nearer/lower (one)
अवरेण:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअवर (प्रातिपदिक)
पदाwith the foot/step
पदा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
वत्सम्calf
वत्सम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
बिभ्रतीbearing, carrying
बिभ्रती:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√भृ (भरणे)
गौःthe cow
गौः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
उदस्थात्stood up/rose
उदस्थात्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + √स्था (तिष्ठति)
साshe
सा:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कद्रीचीmoving/going whither? (wandering, ‘in what direction?’)
कद्रीची:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootकद्रीचि (प्रातिपदिक; वेदिक)
कम्what? which?
कम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वित्indeed? pray? (interrogative particle)
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (निपात)
अर्धम्half, part
अर्धम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
परागात्went away, departed
परागात्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootपरा + √गम् (गच्छति)
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (अव्यय)
स्वित्pray? indeed?
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (निपात)
सूतेgives birth, brings forth
सूते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√सू (प्रसवे)
नहिfor not / indeed not
नहि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन + हि (निपातसमूह)
यूथेin the herd
यूथे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयूथ (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्मिन् (वेदिक/क्लासिकल)
Attribution

Rishi: As per AV 9.9 riddle-cosmology sequence.

Devata: Gauḥ (Cow as personified wealth/fertility); implicitly Pūṣan as finder (by functional association, though not named).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: karuna

Secondary: adbhuta

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