Mantra 12

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पार्श्वे आस्तामनुमत्या भगस्यास्तामनूवृजौ । अष्ठीवन्तावब्रवीन्मित्रो ममैतौ केवलाविति

IAST Transliteration

pārśvé āstām ánumatyā bhágasyāstām anūvŕjau | aṣṭhī́vantāv abravīn mitró mámaitáu kévalāv íti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

At the flanks were set Anumati; of Bhaga were set the two adjacent parts, firm with bone. Mitra spake: ‘These twain are mine alone.’

Word by Word

पा॒र्श्वेat/on the side

आस्ताम्let the two sit

अनुमत्याwith Anumati (the goddess of consent)

भगस्यof Bhaga

आस्ताम्let the two sit

अनूवृजौthe two Anūvṛj (a paired/dual designation)

अष्ठीवन्तौthe two bony/with bones

अब्रवीत्said

मित्रःMitra

ममmy

एतौthese two

केवलौalone, only (the two)

इतिthus

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.

Devata: Anumati, Bhaga, Mitra (as protectors/claimants of body-regions).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like, narrative distribution style.

Mantra Rasa

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