Mantra 14

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यौ त ओष्ठौ ये नासिके ये शृङ्गे ये च तेऽक्षिणी । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु

IAST Transliteration

yaú ta oṣṭháu yé nā́sike yé śṛ́ṅge yé ca te ákṣiṇī | āmíkṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātré kṣīráṃ sarpír átho mádhu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thy two lips, thy nostrils, thy two horns, and thine eyes—let them milk into the vessel clotted milk: milk, and ghee, and honey besides.

Word by Word

• यौ: which two (those two)
• यौ: (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-रूपेण) —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यौ

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘thy/your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम) → ते

• ओष्ठौ: two lips
• ओष्ठौ: (सम्बन्धित-अङ्ग-निर्देशः) —
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: which (those)
• ये: (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-रूपेण) —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ये

• नासिके: two nostrils
• नासिके: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासिका (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: which (those)
• ये: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् → ये

• शृङ्गे: two horns
• शृङ्गे: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: which (those)
• ये: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् → ये

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् → ते

• अक्षिणी: two eyes
• अक्षिणी: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आमिक्षाम्: curdled milk / thickened milk (āmikṣā)
• आमिक्षाम्: कर्म (object of दुह्रताम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुह्रताम्: let them milk / may they milk
• दुह्रताम्: (विधेय-क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु)

• दात्रे: for the giver / for the donor
• दात्रे: सम्प्रदान (recipient: ‘for/to the giver’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दात्र (प्रातिपदिक) / दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: कर्म (understood object with दुह्रताम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्पिः: ghee
• सर्पिः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (अथ + उ)

• मधु: honey
• मधु: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for AV 10.9 varies by school; treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type paustika material).

Devata: The cow (go-) as a living source of śrī/ojas; implicitly the nourishing powers (payas, sarpis, madhu).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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