Mantra 21

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ईर्माभ्यामयनं जातं सक्थिभ्यां च वशे तव । आन्त्रेभ्यो जज्ञिरे अत्रा उदरादधि वीरुधः

IAST Transliteration

ī́rmābhyām áyanaṃ jātáṃ sákthibhyāṃ ca vaśe táva | ā́ntrébhyó jajñire átrá udárād ádhi vīrúdhaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy paired supports the course was born, and from thy thighs likewise, O Vasā. From the intestines here were the plants brought forth; from the belly, from within, the herbs arose.

Word by Word

• ईर्माभ्याम्: with the two thighs
• ईर्माभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईर्मा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ईर्मा’ = जङ्घा/ऊरु-प्रदेश, thigh/upper leg) अथवा ‘ईर्मन्’ इत्यस्य रूपम्

• अयनम्: a passage/way (course)
• अयनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयन- (प्रातिपदिक; √इ ‘to go’ → अयन ‘going/way; passage’)

• जातम्: born/produced
• जातम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (to be born) → जात (कृदन्त, भूतकृत्/क्त)

• सक्थिभ्याम्: with the two thighs/hip-joints
• सक्थिभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्थि- (प्रातिपदिक; thigh/hip-joint)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वशे: in (your) control/power
• वशे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश- (प्रातिपदिक; control, power)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आन्त्रेभ्यः: from the intestines
• आन्त्रेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आन्त्र- (प्रातिपदिक; intestines)

• जज्ञिरे: were born/arose
• जज्ञिरे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (to be born)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• उदरात्: from the belly
• उदरात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर- (प्रातिपदिक; belly/abdomen)

• अधि: from/upon
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय; ‘upon/from on’)

• वीरुधः: plants/herbs
• वीरुधः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध्- (प्रातिपदिक; plant, herb; esp. medicinal herb)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (healing-etiological)

Devata: Vasā as generative power; Vīrudh (herbs) as effective agents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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