Mantra 4

Sukta 138

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये ते नाड्यौऽदेवकृते ययोस्तिष्ठति वृष्ण्यम्। ते ते भिनद्मि शम्ययामुष्या अधि मुष्कयोः

IAST Transliteration

yé te nā́ḍyàu devákṛte yáyor tíṣṭhati vṛ́ṣṇyam | té te bhinadmi śámyayā́muṣyā́ ádhi muṣkáyoḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those two ducts of thine, god-fashioned, wherein thy virile might is set—those do I cleave for thee with a wooden wedge, upon the testicles of yonder man.

Translation

तेरी वे दो नाड़ियाँ, देवकृत, जिनमें तेरा वृष्ण्य (वीर्य-बल) स्थित है—उन्हें मैं लकड़ी की शम्या (कील/पच्चर) से चीर देता हूँ, उस अमुक पुरुष के अण्डकोषों पर।

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

तेthose

नाड्यौtwo ducts/tubes (veins, channels)

अदेवकृतेin/through what is made by a non-divine (demonic) agency

ययोःof which two

तिष्ठतिstands; is situated

वृष्ण्यम्virility; manly vigor

तेthem

तेfor you

भिनद्मिI split; I pierce

शम्ययाwith a wooden peg/wedge (śamyā)

अमुष्याof that (person/one there)

अधिupon; over

मुष्कयोःon/at the two testicles

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition

Devata: The operative force of bhedana (splitting); anatomical nāḍī as locus of power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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