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Atharva Veda 8.10.8: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 10, Mantra 8

Sukta 10

(१३) ओष॑धीरे॒व र॑थन्त॒रेण॑ दे॒वा अ॑दुह्र॒न् व्यचो॑ बृह॒ता

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.10.8

óṣadhī́r iva rathantaráeṇa devā́ aduhran vyáco bṛhatā́

As one milks herbs, so with Rathantara the Gods milked forth Vyac, with Bṛhat.

जैसे लोग घास-पत्ती से दूध निकालते हैं। वैसे ही देवता ने रथन्तर से व्यच निकाला। और बृहत से भी वही किया।

ओषधीःherbs, medicinal plants
ओषधीः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
रथन्तरेणwith/by the Rathantara (Sāman)
रथन्तरेण:
करण
TypeNoun (name of a Sāman/chant)
Rootरथन्तर- (प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
अदुह्रन्they milked/drew out
अदुह्रन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदुह् (धातु) ‘दोहने’
व्यचःwide expanse; (here) the broad (milk/essence)
व्यचः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootव्यचस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहताwith the great/lofty (one); by the great (means)
बृहता:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त्- (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa milieu (hymn-level attribution variable)

Devata: Vyac (personified pervasion/power), supported by Sāman-forms; implicitly Vāc/Bráhman

Chandas: Mantric prose/triṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent)

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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