Mantra 29

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चतुर्धा रेतो अभवद् वशायाः । आपस्तुरीयममृतं तुरीयं यज्ञस्तुरीयं पशवस्तुरीयम्

IAST Transliteration

catúrdhā réto abhavad vaśā́yāḥ | ā́pas turī́yam amṛ́taṃ turī́yaṃ yajñás turī́yaṃ paśávas turī́yam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Fourfold became the seed of the Vaśā: the Waters are one fourth, Immortality one fourth, the Sacrifice one fourth, the Beasts one fourth.

Word by Word

• चतुर्धा: fourfold, in four parts
• चतुर्धा: Adhikaraṇa (प्रकार/विधि-अधिकारणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चतुर् + धा (प्रत्यय) / अव्ययीभाव

• रेतः: seed, semen
• रेतः: Kartā (अभवत् इत्यस्य कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √रि/√रु (स्रवणे) (निघण्टु-परम्परा)

• अभवत्: became, came to be
• अभवत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (सत्तायाम्)

• वशायाः: of the vashā (a cow/animal; lit. ‘the vashā’)
• वशायाः: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः: ‘of the vashā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā (अध्याहृत-‘अभवत्/अस्ति’ इत्यस्य कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुरीयम्: the fourth part
• तुरीयम्: Kartā-सम्बन्धी (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृतम्: immortality; ambrosia
• अमृतम्: Kartā (अध्याहृत-‘अभवत्/अस्ति’ इत्यस्य कर्ता; ‘(तुरीयं) अमृतम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुरीयम्: the fourth part
• तुरीयम्: Kartā-सम्बन्धी (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञः: sacrifice, ritual
• यज्ञः: Kartā (अध्याहृत-‘अभवत्/अस्ति’ इत्यस्य कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) < √यज् (देवपूजासंगतिकरणदानेषु)

• तुरीयम्: the fourth part
• तुरीयम्: Kartā-सम्बन्धी (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)

• पशवः: cattle, animals
• पशवः: Kartā (अध्याहृत-‘अभवत्/अस्ति’ इत्यस्य कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुरीयम्: the fourth part
• तुरीयम्: Kartā-सम्बन्धी (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (verify anukramaṇī).

Devata: Vaśā (as source of fourfold retas); associated cosmic categories (Āpas, Amṛta, Yajña, Paśu).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence is possible in the first hemistich; overall mixed; confirm in critical edition.

Mantra Rasa

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