Mantra 3
Sukta 9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
बालास्ते प्रोक्षणीः सन्तु जीह्वा सं मार्ष्ट्वघ्न्ये । शुद्धा त्वं यज्ञिया भूत्वा दिवं प्रेहि शतौदने
IAST Transliteration
bālā́s te prókṣaṇīḥ santu jihvā́ sáṃ mārṣṭv aghnye | śuddhā́ tváṃ yajñíyā bhūtvā́ diváṃ prá ehi śatáudane ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Let thy calves be sprinklers; let thy tongue, O inviolable, cleanse thee wholly. Purified, made meet for sacrifice, go thou forth to heaven, O Śataudanā.
Word by Word
बालाḥ(the) hairs/young shoots
बालाḥ:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour (of you)
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रोक्षणीḥsprinklings; (things) for sprinkling/purifying
प्रोक्षणीḥ:
कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रोक्षणी (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)
सन्तुlet (them) be
सन्तु:
विधेय-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
जीह्वाthe tongue
जीह्वा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजीह्वा (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)
सम्together; completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मार्ष्टुlet (it) wipe/clean
मार्ष्टु:
विधेय-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमृज् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग) → सं-मृज्
अघ्न्येO inviolable one (cow)
अघ्न्ये:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative) / Epithet
Rootअघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.; ‘cow’, inviolable)
शुद्धाpurified; pure
शुद्धा:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootशुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; adj.)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञियाfit for sacrifice; sacrificial
यज्ञिया:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; adj.)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
पूर्वक्रिया (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb (absolutive)
Rootभू (धातु) → भूत्वा
दिवम्to heaven; the sky
दिवम्:
कर्म (गमनस्य) / लक्ष्य
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौस् (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)
प्रforth; onward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
एहिgo! proceed!
एहि:
विधेय-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) → प्र-इ
शतौदनेO (one) of a hundred portions of gruel/rice (epithet)
शतौदने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative) / Epithet
Rootशतौदन (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic ritual tradition (variable).
Devata: Śataudanā Cow / Purification (śuddhi) as operative power
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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