Mantra 19

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विश्वव्यचा घृतपृष्ठो भविष्यन्त्सयोनिर्लोकमुप याह्येतम्। वर्षवृद्धमुप यच्छ शूर्पं तुषं पलावानप तद् विनक्तु

IAST Transliteration

viśvavyácā ghṛtápṛṣṭho bhaviṣyán sáyonir lokám úpa yāhy etám | varṣávṛddham úpa yaccha śū́rpaṃ túṣaṃ palā́vān ápa tád vinaktu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All-pervading, ghee-backed, about to prosper, well-based—come thou unto this sphere. Lay hold upon the winnowing-fan, rain-nourished; let it sift away the husk, the strawy refuse—let that be severed off.

Word by Word

• विश्वव्यचा: all-pervading, wide-spreading
• विश्वव्यचा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वव्यचस् (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व- + व्यचस् ‘व्यापक/विस्तृत’)

• घृतपृष्ठः: having a ghee-like back; ghee-backed
• घृतपृष्ठः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृतपृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; घृत + पृष्ठ)

• भविष्यन्: becoming; about to be
• भविष्यन्: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: भू (धातु) → भविष्यत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)

• सयोनिः: having the same womb/origin; of one source
• सयोनिः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सयोनि (प्रातिपदिक; स- ‘with’ + योनि ‘womb/origin/seat’)

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: towards; near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• याहि: go!; proceed!
• याहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• एतम्: this (one/this)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्षवृद्धम्: grown by rains; rain-increased
• वर्षवृद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्षवृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष ‘rain/year’ + वृद्ध ‘grown/increased’)

• उप: towards; near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• यच्छ: hold!; restrain!; keep!
• यच्छ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)

• शूर्पम्: winnowing basket; sieve
• शूर्पम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुषम्: husk; chaff
• तुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• पलावान्: straw/chaff (as the agent); the straw-litter
• पलावान्: Kartā
• Type: Noun (collective) / Adjective
• Root: पलाव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘straw/chaff’)

• अप: away; off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विनक्तु: let it separate/sift out; let it winnow away
• विनक्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्‍यच्/विच्? (धातु) → वि-नक्तु (आज्ञार्थ 3sg)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (general for AV 12.3; not uniformly verse-assigned)

Devata: Śūrpa/Vānaspatya as empowered implement; prosperity-force (brahman/Agni-like brilliance)

Chandas: Jagatī-like (mixed)

Mantra Rasa

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