Mantra 1

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गर्भदृंहणम्। यथेयं पृथिवी मही भूतानां गर्भमादधे। एवा ते ध्रियतां गर्भो अनु सूतुं सवितवे

IAST Transliteration

yáthéyaṃ pṛthivī́ mahī́ bhūtā́nāṃ gárbham ādadhé | evā́ te dhriyatāṃ gárbho ánu sūtúṃ savítave

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As this great Earth beareth the embryo of all beings, even so let thy embryo be held fast, in due course until the bringing-forth, for successful begetting.

Translation

Penguatan kandungan. Sebagaimana Bumi yang agung ini mengandung embrio semua makhluk, demikianlah hendaklah embrio-mu tertahan teguh, menurut waktunya hingga saat kelahiran, demi pembuahan yang berhasil.

Word by Word

• गर्भदृंहणम्: (this is) a strengthening of the embryo
• गर्भदृंहणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ-दृंहण (√दृंह् ‘दृढीकरणे’ से निष्पन्न) / प्रातिपदिक: गर्भदृंहण

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवी: earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: great, vast
• मही: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतानाम्: of beings/creatures
• भूतानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (√भू ‘सत्तायाम्’ से क्त; प्रातिपदिक: भूत)

• गर्भम्: the embryo/womb
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आदधे: has placed/has deposited
• आदधे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√धा (धातु: √धा ‘धारणे/स्थापने’)

• एव: so, thus
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• ध्रियताम्: let (it) be held/maintained
• ध्रियताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ ‘धारणे’

• गर्भः: the embryo
• गर्भः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सूतुम्: the birth/delivery
• सूतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूति (√सू ‘प्रसवे’ से; प्रातिपदिक: सूतु/सूतु- ‘प्रसव’)

• सवितवे: for Savitṛ (the impeller/sun-deity)
• सवितवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic

Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) as stabilizing model; Garbha (embryo) as protected object

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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