Mantra 33

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा बीजमुर्वरायां कृष्टे फालेन रोहति । एवा मयि प्रजा पशवोऽन्नमन्नं वि रोहतु

IAST Transliteration

yáthā bī́jam urvárāyāṃ kṛṣṭé phā́lena róhati | evá máyī prajā́ḥ paśávo 'nnam ánnaṃ ví rohatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As seed in the fertile field, when cleft by the ploughshare, springeth up—so in me let progeny, cattle, and food, yea food upon food, grow forth abundantly.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• बीजम्: seed
• बीजम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज

• उर्वरायाम्: in the fertile field/soil
• उर्वरायाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वरा

• कृष्टे: in (the ground) that is ploughed
• कृष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (PPP used substantively)
• Root: कृष्ट

• फालेन: with the ploughshare
• फालेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल

• रोहति: grows/sprouts
• रोहति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह्

• एव: so/just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्रजा: offspring/progeny
• प्रजा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा

• पशवः: cattle/animals
• पशवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न

• अन्नम्: food (abundant food)
• अन्नम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न

• वि: forth, abundantly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि

• रोहतु: may it/they grow, may it sprout forth
• रोहतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (maṇi/prosperity complex; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Prosperity/increase (paustika force); implicitly Anna (Food) and Prajā (Progeny)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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