Atharva Veda 3.28.4 - Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 4

Atharva Veda 3.28.4: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 4

Sukta 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒ह पुष्टि॑रि॒ह रस॑ इ॒ह स॒हस्र॑सातमा भव । प॒शून् य॑मिनि पोषय

IAST Transliteration

ihá púṣṭir ihá rása ihá sahásra-sātamā bhava | paśū́n yamini poṣaya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Here be Prosperity; here be vital Sap; here become thou the most thousand-winning. O Yamini, nourish thou the cattle.

Translation

यहाँ समृद्धि आए। यहाँ रस आए। यहाँ तुम हज़ारों चीज़ें पाओ। हे यामिनी, तुम जानवरों को खिलाओ और पालो।

Word by Word

इहhere

पुष्टिःnourishment, prosperity

इहhere

रसःsap, essence; vitality

इहhere

सहस्रसातमाmost winning/bringing thousands (very bountiful)

भवbe; become

पशून्cattle, livestock

यमिनिO Yamini (Night / a named feminine power)

पोषयnourish; make thrive

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-family attribution uncertain in this excerpt)

Devata: Puṣṭi/Rasa; addressed agent ‘Yamini’

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; pāda-structure consistent with AV anuṣṭubh usage)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: shanta

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