Mantra 2

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चतस्रो दिवः प्रदिशश्चतस्रो भूम्या उत। देवा गर्भं समैरयन् तं व्यूर्णुवन्तु सूतवे

IAST Transliteration

catásro diváḥ pradíśaś catásro bhū́myā utá | devā́ gárbhaṃ sám-airayan táṃ vy-ū́rṇuvantu sū́tave ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Four are the quarters of the sky, and four the quarters of the earth also. The Gods have jointly set the embryo in motion: let them unclose it, that it may be brought forth.

Word by Word

• चतस्रः: four (fem. pl.)
• चतस्रः: विशेषण (अधिकारण-सम्बन्धः: ‘प्रदिशः’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → स्त्री. चतस्र्-

• दिवः: of heaven / of the sky
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः: ‘दिवः प्रदिशः’ = ‘heaven’s quarters’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘स्वर्ग/द्युलोक’)

• प्रदिशः: quarters, directions
• प्रदिशः: Kartā (समूहकर्तृ: ‘प्रदिशः’—the quarters as agents/participants in the charm)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश् (प्रातिपदिक: प्रदिश् ‘दिशा/प्रदेश’)

• चतस्रः: four (fem. pl.)
• चतस्रः: विशेषण (अधिकारण-सम्बन्धः: ‘प्रदिशः’ इत्यस्य; भूम्याः इति सम्बन्धेन)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → स्त्री. चतस्र्-

• भूम्याः: of the earth
• भूम्याः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः: ‘भूम्याः प्रदिशः’ = ‘earth’s quarters’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक: भूमि ‘पृथ्वी’)

• उत: and, also
• उत: समुच्चय/अन्वय (connector: ‘and/also’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात/अव्यय)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक: देव ‘god, deity’)

• गर्भम्: the embryo / the seed
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक: गर्भ ‘embryo, womb, seed’)

• सम्: together, completely (prefix)
• सम्: क्रियाविशेषक (verbal prefix intensifying/collectivizing the action)
• Type: Indeclinable (prefix)
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• ऐरयन्: impelled / set in motion
• ऐरयन्: क्रिया (Kartā=देवाः; Karma=गर्भम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/इर् (धातु: ईरयति/ईरयते ‘to set in motion, to impel’)

• तम्: him/it (that one)
• तम्: Karma (refers to गर्भम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यूर्णुवन्तु: let them open out / unwrap / spread (him)
• व्यूर्णुवन्तु: क्रिया (Kartā=देवाः/प्रदिशः implied; Karma=तम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ऊर्णु (धातु: ऊर्णोति/ऊर्णुते ‘to cover, to wrap; with वि-: to uncover, spread open’)

• सूतवे: for bringing forth / for birth
• सूतवे: Sampradāna / Prayojana (purpose: ‘for birth/delivery’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूति/सूतु (प्रातिपदिक: सूति ‘bringing forth, birth’; दत्तिवत् चतुर्थी)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Pradiśas (the Quarters) and Devāḥ (the Gods) as collective agents of delivery.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (11.2 is in the common Atharvanic anuṣṭubh cadence).

Mantra Rasa

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