Mantra 4

Sukta 138

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये ते नाड्यौऽदेवकृते ययोस्तिष्ठति वृष्ण्यम्। ते ते भिनद्मि शम्ययामुष्या अधि मुष्कयोः

IAST Transliteration

yé te nā́ḍyàu devákṛte yáyor tíṣṭhati vṛ́ṣṇyam | té te bhinadmi śámyayā́muṣyā́ ádhi muṣkáyoḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those two ducts of thine, god-fashioned, wherein thy virile might is set—those do I cleave for thee with a wooden wedge, upon the testicles of yonder man.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• ते: those
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• नाड्यौ: two ducts/tubes (veins, channels)
• नाड्यौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाडी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदेवकृते: in/through what is made by a non-divine (demonic) agency
• अदेवकृते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-देव-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)

• ययोः: of which two
• ययोः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• तिष्ठति: stands; is situated
• तिष्ठति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• वृष्ण्यम्: virility; manly vigor
• वृष्ण्यम्: Kartā (as subject of तिष्ठति) / or Karma (if taken as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: them
• ते: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• भिनद्मि: I split; I pierce
• भिनद्मि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)

• शम्यया: with a wooden peg/wedge (śamyā)
• शम्यया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमुष्या: of that (person/one there)
• अमुष्या: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अमुष् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अमुष्य-

• अधि: upon; over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (prepositional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मुष्कयोः: on/at the two testicles
• मुष्कयोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition

Devata: The operative force of bhedana (splitting); anatomical nāḍī as locus of power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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