Mantra 18

Sukta 131

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अदूहमित्यां पूषकम्

IAST Transliteration

adū́ham ity ā́m pū́ṣakam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘I have milked it out,’—yea, the Nourisher.

Translation

“मैंने इसे दुह लिया है”—हाँ, पूषन् (पोषक) ही।

Word by Word

• अदूहम्: I milked / I drew (out)
• अदूहम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु)

• इति: thus; ‘saying’
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात)

• आम्: indeed; yes; surely
• आम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आम् (निपात) अथवा ‘आ’ (उपसर्ग) + ‘अम्’ (निपात) (पदपाठे निपातत्वेन)

• पूषकम्: Pūṣaka (a form/epithet of Pūṣan); the Pūṣaka (as object)
• पूषकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषक (प्रातिपदिक) < पूषन् (देवता) + -क (तद्धित/प्रत्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain (requires full RV-parallel identification).

Devata: Pūṣan / Nourishment (functional devatā inferred from pūṣaka).

Chandas: Uncertain from a fragment.

Mantra Rasa

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