Mantra 5

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वि योनिं वि गवीनिके । वि मातरं च पुत्रं च वि कुमारं जरायुणाव जरायु पद्यताम्

IAST Transliteration

ví té bhinadmi méhanam ví yónim ví gavīníke | ví mātáraṃ ca putráṃ ca ví kumāráṃ jarāyuṇā́ áva jarāyúḥ padyatām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I cleave apart for thee the passage of urine; I cleave apart the womb; I cleave apart the cow-path. I cleave apart mother and son, I cleave apart the babe: downward, with the afterbirth, let the afterbirth itself come forth.

Word by Word

विapart, asunder

तेof you/your

भिनद्मिI split, I cleave

मेहनम्urinary passage/bladder region (genital-urinary organ)

विapart

योनिम्womb, birth-channel

विapart

गवीनिकेthe two ‘gavīnikā’ (two membranes/ducts; anatomical term in AV context)

विapart

मातरम्mother

चand

पुत्रम्son

चand

विapart

कुमारम्boy, young child

जरायुणाwith the afterbirth/placenta

अवdown, off

जरायुthe afterbirth/placenta

पद्यताम्let it fall down/come away

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras attribution for obstetric-healing material; exact r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 1.11).

Devata: Prasava (childbirth) / the operative power of ‘opening’ (bandha-bheda); implicitly the healing force invoked through Atharvanic speech.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm against pada-count in the edition used).

Mantra Rasa

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