Mantra 15

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् ते क्लोमा यद्धृदयं पुरीतत् सहकण्ठिका । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु

IAST Transliteration

yát te klómā yád dhṛ́dayaṃ purī́tat sahákaṇṭhikā́ | āmíkṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātré kṣīráṃ sarpír átho mádhu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What is thy kloman, what thy heart, thy caul, with the throat besides—let these milk into the vessel clotted milk: milk, and ghee, and honey besides.

Translation

Ce qui en toi est le kloman, ce qui est le cœur, ce qui est le purītat (la coiffe), avec la gorge — qu’ils fassent couler dans le récipient l’āmikṣā : du lait, du ghee, et aussi du miel.

Word by Word

यत्whatever / that which

तेof you / your

क्लोमाthe kloman (a bodily organ; traditionally ‘lung/lobe’ etc.)

यत्and whatever

हृदयम्heart

पुरीतत्the purītat (an internal organ/part; AV anatomical term)

सहकण्ठिकाthe ‘with-the-throat’ part; throat-appendage/structure (anatomical term)

आमिक्षाम्curdled milk / thickened milk (āmikṣā)

दुह्रताम्let them milk / may they draw (out)

दात्रेfor the giver / for the dispenser (recipient)

क्षीरम्milk

सर्पिःghee

अथोand also / moreover

मधुhoney / sweetness

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution uncertain across editions).

Devata: Nourishing powers embodied in the cow’s vital organs; implicitly payas/ojas.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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