Mantra 16

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् ते यकृद् ये मतस्ने यदान्त्रं याश्च ते गुदाः । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु

IAST Transliteration

yát te yakṛ́d yé matásne yád ā́ntraṃ yā́ś ca te gudā́ḥ | āmíkṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātré kṣīráṃ sarpír átho mádhu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What is thy liver, thy kidneys, what thy intestines, and thy lower passages—let these milk into the vessel clotted milk: milk, and ghee, and honey besides.

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: (सापेक्ष-संबन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यकृत्: liver
• यकृत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यकृत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: which (ones)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मतस्ने: in the mesentery / in the fat-membrane (anatomical term)
• मतस्ने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मतस्नि (प्रातिपदिक; अवयव-नाम)

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: (सापेक्ष-संबन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्त्रम्: intestine
• अन्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• याः: which (fem. ones)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• ते: of you / your
• ते: (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गुदाः: rectum/anus (the lower bowel)
• गुदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुद (प्रातिपदिक)

• आमिक्षाम्: curdled milk / thickened milk (a dairy preparation)
• आमिक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुह्रताम्: of the milkers / of those who milk
• दुह्रताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb-derived adjective/participle
• Root: दुह् (धातु) → दुह्रत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ-प्रत्यय)

• दात्रे: to the giver / for the donor
• दात्रे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्पिः: ghee
• सर्पिः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also / moreover
• अथो: (समुच्चय/अनुक्रमः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात-संयोगः)

• मधु: honey
• मधु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.

Devata: Cow’s internal vitality (ojas/pay-as) conceptualized as producible ‘sap.’

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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