Mantra 23

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर्शुर्ह नाम मानवी साकं ससूव विंशतिम्। भद्रं भल त्यस्या अभूद् यस्या उदरमामयद् विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः

IAST Transliteration

párśur ha nā́ma mānavī sā́kaṃ sasū́va viṃśatím | bhadráṃ bhala tásyā abhūd yásyā udáram ā́mayad víśvasmā́d índra úttaraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Parśu by name, a woman of Manu’s race, together bore she twenty. Good fortune, O Bhala, came unto her—she whose belly had been diseased: from all men, O Indra, thou art the higher.

Word by Word

• पर्शुः: Parśu (a woman named Parśu / ‘axe’ as a name)
• पर्शुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्शु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (निपात) / नामन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मानवी: a human woman; Mānavī
• मानवी: Kartā (पर्शुः के विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मानवी- (प्रातिपदिक; मानव- से)

• साकम्: together (with)
• साकम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (अव्यय)

• स: she
• स: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• असूवत्: gave birth
• असूवत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सू (प्रसवने)

• विंशतिम्: twenty
• विंशतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: विंशति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• भद्रम्: auspicious; good
• भद्रम्: Kartā (अभूत् इत्यस्य) / विधेय
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: भद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• भल: good, fortunate (well-being)
• भल: Kartā/विधेय (अभूत् इत्यस्य) सह
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: भल- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘भल’ = ‘भलम्/भल’ इति लोक/वैदिक-रूप)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• अभूत्: was, became
• अभूत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (सत्तायाम्)

• यस्याः: of whom; whose
• यस्याः: सम्बन्ध (relative genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• उदरम्: belly, womb
• उदरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• आमयत्: was afflicted; became diseased
• आमयत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अम्/आम् + √यम्? (वैदिक रूप: √आम्/√अम् ‘to be ill, to suffer’ → आमयति ‘causes illness’; अत्र लङ् 3sg) / प्रचलित धातु: √अम् (रोगे) caus. आमयति

• विश्वस्मात्: from everyone/everything
• विश्वस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: विश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā (उत्तरोऽस्ति/अभूत् इत्यर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तरः: higher, superior; the one who surpasses
• उत्तरः: विधेय (इन्द्रः इत्यस्य) / कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Indra/Vṛṣākapi cycle context (RV-derived); this stanza preserves a narrative exemplum within that cycle.

Devata: Indra (as the superior power enabling recovery and prosperity)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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