Mantra 35

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुरोडाशवत्सा सुदुघा लोकेऽस्मा उप तिष्ठति । सास्मै सर्वान् कामान् वशा प्रददुषे दुहे

IAST Transliteration

puroḍā́śa-vatsā́ sudúghā́ lóke ’smā́i úpa tiṣṭhati | sā́ ’smāi sárvān kā́mān vaśā́ pradadúṣe duhē ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the sacrificial cake for calf, a good milker, she stands near him in the world: the Vashā milks out for him all desires—to him who hath bestowed her.

Translation

पुरोडाश (यज्ञ-केक) को बछड़े के समान मानकर, उत्तम दुहने वाली वह इस लोक में उसके निकट खड़ी रहती है। वशा उसे—जिसने उसे दान किया है—सभी कामनाएँ दुहकर देती है।

Word by Word

पुरोडाशवत्सा(the cow) having a puroḍāśa-calf / whose calf is (like) a sacrificial cake

सुदुघाgood-milking, yielding well

लोकेin the world / in the realm

अस्मैto him / for him

उपnear, towards

तिष्ठतिstands

साshe

अस्मैto him / for him

सर्वान्all

कामान्desires, wishes

वशाthe Vashā-cow (a ritual cow; a yielding cow)

प्रforth, fully

ददुषेto the giver (to him who has given)

दुहेshe milks / yields milk

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (not specified here).

Devata: Vaśā as beneficent agent; indirectly Yajña (puroḍāśa).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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