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Mantra 14

Sukta 4

गुदा आसन्त्सिनीवाल्याः सूर्यायास्त्वचमब्रुवन्। उत्थातुरब्रुवन् पद ऋषभं यदकल्पयन्

gudā́ āsan sinīvālyā́ḥ sū́ryāyās tvácam abruvan | utthātúr abruvan padá ṛṣabháṃ yád akalpayan ||

The anus-parts were Sinīvālī’s; the skin, they said, was Sūryā’s. Of the Uprising One they spake the feet, when they fashioned the Bull aright.

गुदाःthe buttocks/rectal parts
गुदाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
आसन्were
आसन्:
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)
सिनीवाल्याःof Sinīvālī (a goddess, associated with fertility/new-moon)
सिनीवाल्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun (proper/deity-name) / Adjective
Rootसिनीवाली (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यायाःof Sūryā (the Sun-maiden / solar one)
सूर्यायाः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्या (प्रातिपदिक; fem. of सूर्य)
त्वचम्skin
त्वचम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootत्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)
अब्रुवन्they said
अब्रुवन्:
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (वचने)
उत्थातुःof the two who raise/rouse (two ‘uplifters’)
उत्थातुः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun (agent) / Kṛdanta
Rootउत्थातृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √स्था with ud-; agent noun) / alternatively gen.-abl. of infinitival stem
अब्रुवन्they said
अब्रुवन्:
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (वचने)
पदेin/at the step; in the footprint/place
पदे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषभम्a bull; (fig.) a strong one
ऋषभम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
कर्म (relative)
TypePronoun (relative) / Indeclinable-like connector
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अकल्पयन्they arranged/made/formed
अकल्पयन्:
TypeVerb
Root√कॢप् (कल्पने/समर्थने) with अ- (causative-like usage in Vedic) / or denominative from कल्प

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.

Devata: Sinīvālī, Sūryā (solar power), and an Utthātṛ-supporting power; with Ṛṣabha as the constructed subject.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like, narrative distribution.

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