Atharva Veda 10.9.24: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 24

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् ते॒ चर्म॑ शतौदने॒ यानि॒ लोमा॑न्यघ्न्ये । आ॒मिक्षां॑ दुह्रतां दा॒त्रे क्षी॒रं स॒र्पिरथो॒ मधु॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 10.9.24

IAST Transliteration

yát te cárma śataudané yā́ni lómāny aghnye | āmíkṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātré kṣī́raṃ sárpir átho mádhu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What hide of thine is in the Hundred-Porridge, and what hairs, O Cow whom none may slay—let them milk forth āmikṣā for the giver: milk, and ghee, and honey besides.

Translation

हे गाय, जो तेरी चमड़ी है उसमें, जो बाल हैं, वो सब से देने वाले के लिए दूध निकलें। दूध, घी और शहद मिलेगा।

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Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चर्म: hide/skin
• चर्म: कर्म (यत्-सम्बद्धम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतौदने: O ‘hundred-porridge’ (epithet; richly fed/abounding in food)
• शतौदने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: शतौदन (प्रातिपदिक; शत + ओदन)

• यानि: which (plural)
• यानि: कर्म (लोमानि इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोमानि: hairs
• लोमानि: कर्म (यत्-सम्बद्धम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अघ्न्ये: O inviolable one (cow; ‘not to be slain’)
• अघ्न्ये: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative)
• Root: अघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• आमिक्षाम्: curds/curdled milk (āmikṣā)
• आमिक्षाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुह्रताम्: let them milk
• दुह्रताम्: —
• Type: Verb (injunctive/imperative sense)
• Root: दुह् (धातु)

• दात्रे: for the giver/donor
• दात्रे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्पिः: ghee
• सर्पिः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• मधु: honey
• मधु: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for the Vāśā-cow complex (hymn-level assignment varies by anukramaṇī traditions).

Devata: Aghnyā (the sacred cow) / dairy prosperity as personified boon

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires metrical verification against pada-count with accentual sandhi).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: adbhuta