Mantra 9

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि नववृषोऽसि सृजारसोऽसि

IAST Transliteration

yádi नववṛṣó ’ási sṛjāráso ’ási

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If thou be nine-bull’d, if thou be of sṛjā-sap,

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya)

• नववृषः: (you are) a new bull
• नववृषः: Kartā (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: नव-वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक: नव ‘new’ + वृषन् ‘bull’)

• असि: you are
• असि: — (copula linking subject and predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• सृजारसः: (you are) one whose sap/juice flows; sap-producing
• सृजारसः: Kartā (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: सृज-रस (प्रातिपदिक: सृज ‘letting flow/creating’ + रस ‘sap, juice’)

• असि: you are
• असि: — (copula linking subject and predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Sṛjā-rasa (healing/protective essence)

Chandas: Formulaic; Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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