Mantra 19

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यौ ते बाहू ये दोषणी यावंसौ या च ते ककुत्। आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु

IAST Transliteration

yáu te bāhū́ yé doṣaṇī́ yā́vaṁsau yā́ ca te kakút | āmíkṣāṁ duhratāṁ dātré kṣī́raṁ sárpir átho mádhu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thy two fore-limbs, thy forearms, thy shoulders, and thy hump—let them be milked for the giver: clotted milk, milk, and ghee, and honey besides.

Word by Word

• यौ: which two
• यौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यौ

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

• बाहू: (two) arms
• बाहू: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• दोषणी: (two) forearms/arms
• दोषणी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोषणी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘forearms/upper arms’ इत्यर्थे वैदिक)

• यावंसौ: as much as / both (in extent)
• यावंसौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: यावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यावंसौ (वैदिक द्विवचन-रूप)

• या: which
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ते: your
• ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ते

• ककुत्: hump/withers (ridge)
• ककुत्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ककुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आमिक्षाम्: curd-mixture (āmikṣā)
• आमिक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘curdled milk/mixture’)

• दुह्रताम्: may you two milk
• दुह्रताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु) → दुह्रताम्

• दात्रे: for the giver / to the giver
• दात्रे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दात्रि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘giver/for giving’)

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

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

• अथो: and also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (अव्यय-संयोग)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 10.9)

Devata: Go/Payas (the Cow and her milk as personified abundance); implicitly Paṣupati/Viśve Devāḥ in prosperity frame

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (catalogue-style pādas with refrain-like close)

Mantra Rasa

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