Mantra 17
Sukta 9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यस्ते प्लाशिर्यो वनिष्ठुर्यौ कुक्षी यच्च चर्म ते । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु
IAST Transliteration
yás te plāśír yó vaniṣṭhúr yaú kukṣī́ yác ca cárma te | āmíkṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātré kṣīráṃ sarpír átho mádhu
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thy spleen, thy bladder, thy two flanks, and thy skin—let these milk into the vessel clotted milk: milk, and ghee, and honey besides.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you/your
ते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्लाशिः(your) palāśa-wood implement/part
प्लाशिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्लाशि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्लाश’/‘पलाश’सम्बद्धः)
यःwhich/who
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वनिष्ठुः(your) wooden/forest-made implement (vaniṣṭhu-)
वनिष्ठुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवनिष्ठु- (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwhich/who
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कुक्षीthe two flanks/bellies
कुक्षी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकुक्षि- (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
चर्मskin/hide
चर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचर्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you/your
ते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आमिक्षाम्curdled milk/curds-mixture (āmikṣā)
आमिक्षाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआमिक्षा- (प्रातिपदिक)
दुह्रताम्of those who milk (cows)
दुह्रताम्:
Kartā
TypeVerb-derived (participle)
Rootदुह् (धातु) → दुह्रत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वर्तमान-प्रत्ययवत्)
दात्रेto the giver/donor
दात्रे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
क्षीरम्milk
क्षीरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर- (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्पिःghee
सर्पिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्पिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अथोand also/then
अथो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथो (निपात; अथ + उ)
मधुhoney/sweet drink
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु- (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.
Devata: Cow as bearer of fluid-wealth (payas) and protective covering (carma).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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