Mantra 57

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इमा नारीरविधवाः सुपत्नीराञ्जनेन सर्पिषा सं स्पृशन्ताम्। अनश्रवो अनमीवाः सुरत्ना आ रोहन्तु जनयो योनिमग्रे

IAST Transliteration

imā́ nā́rīr avidhávāḥ supátnīr ā́ñjanena sarpíṣā sáṃ spṛśantām | anaśrávo anamī́vāḥ surátnā ā́ róhantu jánayo yónim ágre ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let these women, unwidowed, good wives, with collyrium and with ghee make full anointing-touch. Of stainless fame, free from disease, rich in fair treasure, let the mothers mount the womb, in the foremost place.

Translation

Que ces femmes — non veuves, bonnes épouses — avec l’añjana (collyre) et le sarpis (beurre clarifié) accomplissent le plein toucher d’onction. D’une renommée sans tache, sans maladie, riches de beau trésor, que les mères montent dans le sein, à la place la plus en avant.

Word by Word

इमाःthese

नारीःwomen

अविधवाःnot widowed

सुपत्न्यःhaving good husbands

अञ्जनेनwith collyrium/ointment

सर्पिषाwith ghee

सम्together, completely

स्पृशन्ताम्let them touch/apply

अनश्रवःof good repute / not ill-famed

अनमीवाःfree from disease

सुरत्नाःhaving good treasures/wealth

आtowards, up to

रोहन्तुlet them ascend/enter

जनयःthe mothers/women

योनिम्the womb/bed (place of conception)

अग्रेin front/first, beforehand

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic tradition

Devata: Saubhāgya/Śrī-like auspiciousness embodied in substances; women as ritual subjects

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (as transmitted)

Mantra Rasa

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