Mantra 6
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
देवानां पत्नीः पृष्टय उपसदः पर्शवः
IAST Transliteration
devā́nāṃ pátnīḥ pṛṣṭáya úpasadaḥ párśavaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Consorts of the Gods are the back-parts; the Upasads are the flanks; the ribs are their enclosing stays.
Word by Word
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive/Relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
पत्नीःwives (consorts)
पत्नीः:
कर्तृ (as nominative subject/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
पृष्टयःribs / backs (side-parts)
पृष्टयः:
कर्तृ (nominative, in apposition/list)
TypeNoun
Rootपृष्ठि (प्रातिपदिक)
उपसदःattendances; sessions of worship / approaches
उपसदः:
कर्तृ (nominative, in apposition/list)
TypeNoun
Rootउपसद् (प्रातिपदिक; from उप-√सद् ‘to sit/attend’)
पर्शवःribs / sides (flanks)
पर्शवः:
कर्तृ (nominative, in apposition/list)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्शु (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 9.7; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type material)
Devata: Deities as bodily correspondences (collective devatā-nyāsa)
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (identificatory prose-like pādas; often treated as anustubh-adjacent in later catalogues)
Mantra Rasa
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