Mantra 21

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यौ त उरू अष्ठीवन्तौ ये श्रोणी या च ते भसत्। आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु

IAST Transliteration

yáu ta urū́ aṣṭhī́vantau yé śroṇī́ yā́ ca te bhásat | āmíkṣāṁ duhratāṁ dātré kṣī́raṁ sárpir átho mádhu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thy two bony thighs, thy hips, and thy rump—let them be milked for the giver: clotted milk, milk, and ghee, and honey besides.

Translation

Tes deux cuisses osseuses, tes hanches et ta croupe — qu’elles soient traites pour le donateur : āmiḳṣā (lait caillé), lait, sarpis (beurre clarifié) et, en plus, miel.

Word by Word

• यौ: which two
• यौ: Kartā (सम्बन्धवाचक/निर्देशक) अथवा विशेष्य-निर्देश
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक: य-) / सर्वनाम

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)

• उरू: broad, wide
• उरू: Kartā-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अष्ठीवन्तौ: the two bony ones / having bones
• अष्ठीवन्तौ: Kartā (यौ…अष्ठीवन्तौ) — ‘those two (bones/parts) that are bony’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ठीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अस्थि’ + वत्)

• ये: which (ones)
• ये: Kartā (सम्बन्धवाचक/निर्देशक)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• श्रोणी: hips, pelvic bones
• श्रोणी: Kartā/उद्देश्य (enumeration of body-parts)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• या: which (fem., one)
• या: Kartā (सम्बन्धवाचक/निर्देशक)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• च: and
• च: — (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ते: your / of you
• ते: Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)

• भसत्: the rump/seat (buttocks region)
• भसत्: Kartā/उद्देश्य (enumeration of body-part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भसद्/भसत् (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-शरीरावयववाचक)

• आमिक्षाम्: curdled milk / thickened milk (āmikṣā)
• आमिक्षाम्: Karma (दुह्रताम् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुह्रताम्: let them milk
• दुह्रताम्: क्रिया (विधि) — कर्ता अव्यक्तः (देवाः/औषधयः/शक्तयः) संदर्भतः
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु)

• दात्रे: for the giver / for the one to be given (recipient)
• दात्रे: Sampradāna (for the giver / for the sick person as recipient, contextually)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: Karma (दुह्रताम्—‘milk (it)’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्पिः: ghee
• सर्पिः: Karma (दुह्रताम्—‘(milk) ghee’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: — (समुच्चय/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (अव्यय; अथ + उ)

• मधु: honey
• मधु: Karma (दुह्रताम्—‘(milk) honey’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Cow/Payas (milk as power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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