Mantra 13

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भसदासीदादित्यानां श्रोणी आस्तां बृहस्पतेः । पुच्छं वातस्य देवस्य तेन धूनोत्योषधीः

IAST Transliteration

bhasád āsīd ādityā́nāṃ śróṇī āstāṃ bṛ́haspáteḥ | púccʰaṃ vā́tasya devásya téna dhū́noty óṣadhīḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The rump was of the Ādityas; the hips were set as Bṛhaspati’s. The tail is of the god Wind: therewith he shakes and drives the plants abroad.

Word by Word

भसत्the rump/haunch (as subject)

आसीत्was

आदित्यानाम्of the Ādityas

श्रोणीthe two hips

आस्ताम्were/ sat/ stood

बृहस्पतेःof Bṛhaspati

पुच्छम्the tail

वातस्यof the Wind

देवस्यof the god

तेनwith that (by means of it)

धूनोतिshakes/agitates

ओषधीःthe herbs/plants

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.

Devata: Ādityas, Bṛhaspati, Vāta; with oṣadhis as affected/activated domain.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like, with Atharvanic narrative distribution.

Mantra Rasa

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