Mantra 12

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सीताः पर्शवः सिकता ऊबध्यम्

IAST Transliteration

sītā́ḥ párśavo síkatā́ ū́badhyam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The furrows are the ribs; the sands are the fastenings to be bound on.

Word by Word

• सीताः: furrows / ploughed lines
• सीताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक) < √सि (to bind/fasten; also ‘furrow’ as a fixed term)

• पर्शवः: ribs / sides (flanks)
• पर्शवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्शु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिकता: sands / grains of sand
• सिकता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिकता (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊबध्यम्: (something) to be pressed/packed down; compressible/that which is to be made firm
• ऊबध्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊबध्य (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-शब्दः)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Bandhu principle linking kṛṣi (furrow) and śarīra/viśva (body/cosmos)

Chandas: Short enumerative pāda; anuṣṭubh fragment style

Mantra Rasa

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