Mantra 26

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुष्पवतीः प्रसूमतीः फलिनीरफला उत। संमातर इव दुह्रामस्मा अरिष्टतातये

IAST Transliteration

púṣpavatīḥ prasū́matīḥ phalínīr aphalā́ utá | sáṃ-mātara iva duh­rā́m asmá aríṣṭatātaye ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Flower-bearing, richly teeming, fruit-bearing, yea fruitless also,—like mothers all together let us milk them for this man, for unimpaired security.

Word by Word

• पुष्पवतीः: flower-bearing (fem. pl.)
• पुष्पवतीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पवत् (प्रातिपदिक; पुष्प + -वत्)

• प्रसूमतीः: abundantly bearing/producing (fem. pl.)
• प्रसूमतीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसूमत् (प्रातिपदिक; प्र-√सू ‘to bring forth’ + -मत्)

• फलिनीः: fruit-bearing (fem. pl.)
• फलिनीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फलिन् (प्रातिपदिक; फल + -इन्)

• अफला: not fruitless / not lacking fruit (fem. pl.)
• अफला: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अफल (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + फल)

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• संमातरः: (like) mothers together / united mothers (fem. pl.)
• संमातरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: संमातृ (प्रातिपदिक; सं- + मातृ)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• दुह्राम: (you all) milk! / draw (milk)
• दुह्राम: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दुह् (दुह् ‘to milk’)

• अस्मै: for this (one), to him
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अरिष्टतातये: for unharmedness / for freedom from injury
• अरिष्टतातये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिष्टताति (प्रातिपदिक; अरिष्ट + ताति ‘state/condition’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Oṣadhīs (as maternal healers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

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