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Atharva Veda 3.23.2: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 2

Sukta 23

आ ते॒ योनिं॒ गर्भ॑ एतु॒ पुमा॒न् बाण॑ इवेषु॒धिम्। आ वी॒रोऽत्र॑ जायतां पु॒त्रस्ते॒ दश॑मास्यः

ā́ te yóniṃ gárbha etu pumā́n bā́ṇa ivéṣudhím | ā́ vīró ’trá jāyatāṃ putrás te dáśa-māsyaḥ |

Into thy womb let the embryo come, a male, as an arrow into the quiver. Here let a hero be born—a son to thee, of ten months’ bearing.

तुम्हारे पेट में बच्चा आए, लड़का हो। जैसे तीर कमान में जाता है, वैसे ही बच्चा पेट में आए। यहाँ एक वीर पैदा हो, तुम्हारा बेटा, दस महीने बाद।

आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor) / relation
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) / tvad (2nd pers. pronoun)
योनिम्womb, place of origin
योनिम्:
कर्म (goal/object of motion) / karma
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक) / yoni
गर्भःembryo, fetus
गर्भः:
कर्तृ (agent) / kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) / garbha
एतुlet (him/it) go/come
एतु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) / i ‘to go’
पुमान्a male
पुमान्:
कर्तृ (apposition to गर्भः) / kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक) / pumāṃs
बाणःarrow
बाणः:
उपमान (simile term) / comparative
TypeNoun
Rootबाण (प्रातिपदिक) / bāṇa
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात) / iva
इषुधिम्quiver
इषुधिम्:
कर्म (goal/object of motion) / karma
TypeNoun
Rootइषुधि (प्रातिपदिक) / iṣudhi
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
वीरःhero; (here) male child
वीरः:
कर्तृ / kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक) / vīra
अत्रhere
अत्र:
अधिकरण (location) / adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय) / atra
जायताम्let (him/them) be born
जायताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) / jan ‘to be born, arise’
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
कर्तृ (apposition to वीरः) / kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) / putra
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor) / relation
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) / tvad
दशमास्यःof ten months (full-term)
दशमास्यः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण / qualifier of agent
TypeAdjective
Rootदश-मास्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक) / daśa-māsya

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic seers (traditional attribution)

Devata: Garbha (embryo) / Prajā (progeny) as operative power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Primary: shringara

Secondary: shanta

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