Mantra 11

Sukta 73

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सूयवसाद् भगवती हि भूया अधा वयं भगवन्तः स्याम । अद्धि तृणमघ्न्ये विश्वदानीं पिब शुद्धमुदकमाचरन्ती

IAST Transliteration

sūyavasā́d bhágavatī hí bhūyā́ ádha vayáṃ bhágavantaḥ syāma | áddhi tṛ́ṇam aghnye viśvadā́nīṃ píba śuddhám udakám ācarántī ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From good pasture be thou, O Blessed One, yet more a bringer of good fortune; and then may we be fortunate. Eat thou the grass, O inviolable Cow, at all times; drink thou the pure water, moving freely to and fro.

Word by Word

• सूयवसात्: from good pasture/grass
• सूयवसात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूयवसा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good pasture/grass, fodder’)

• भगवती: (she) blessed/fortunate
• भगवती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fortunate, blessed’)

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

• भूयाः: may you be / become
• भूयाः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• अध: then, thereafter
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (निपात)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• भगवन्तः: blessed, fortunate
• भगवन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fortunate, blessed’)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अद्धि: eat!
• अद्धि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)

• तृणम्: grass
• तृणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘grass’)

• अघ्न्ये: O inviolable one (cow)!
• अघ्न्ये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (vocative) / Epithet
• Root: अघ्न्या- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘cow’, lit. ‘not to be slain’)

• विश्वदानीम्: always, at all times (all-givingly)
• विश्वदानीम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially) / Indeclinable-like
• Root: विश्वदानि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘all-giving/always giving’)

• पिब: drink!
• पिब: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)

• शुद्धम्: pure
• शुद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘pure’)

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘water’)

• आचरन्ती: moving about / grazing / behaving (as she goes)
• आचरन्ती: Kartā
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: आ-चर् (धातु) → आचरन्ती (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the supplied excerpt).

Devata: Aghnyā (sacral cow) / Bhaga (prosperity) implicitly.

Chandas: Mixed; cadence consistent with late Atharvanic anuṣṭubh-like phrasing (exact metrical scansion requires full hymn context).

Mantra Rasa

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