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

Dua saluranmu, buatan para dewa, tempat daya kejantananmu bersemayam—keduanya kupelah bagimu dengan baji kayu, tepat di atas buah zakar orang itu

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• ते: those
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• नाड्यौ: two ducts/tubes (veins, channels)
• नाड्यौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाडी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदेवकृते: in/through what is made by a non-divine (demonic) agency
• अदेवकृते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-देव-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)

• ययोः: of which two
• ययोः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• तिष्ठति: stands; is situated
• तिष्ठति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• वृष्ण्यम्: virility; manly vigor
• वृष्ण्यम्: Kartā (as subject of तिष्ठति) / or Karma (if taken as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: them
• ते: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• भिनद्मि: I split; I pierce
• भिनद्मि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)

• शम्यया: with a wooden peg/wedge (śamyā)
• शम्यया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमुष्या: of that (person/one there)
• अमुष्या: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अमुष् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अमुष्य-

• अधि: upon; over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (prepositional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मुष्कयोः: on/at the two testicles
• मुष्कयोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)

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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