Mantra 21
Sukta 9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यौ त उरू अष्ठीवन्तौ ये श्रोणी या च ते भसत्। आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु
IAST Transliteration
yáu ta urū́ aṣṭhī́vantau yé śroṇī́ yā́ ca te bhásat | āmíkṣāṁ duhratāṁ dātré kṣī́raṁ sárpir átho mádhu
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thy two bony thighs, thy hips, and thy rump—let them be milked for the giver: clotted milk, milk, and ghee, and honey besides.
Word by Word
यौwhich two
यौ:
Kartā (सम्बन्धवाचक/निर्देशक) अथवा विशेष्य-निर्देश
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक: य-) / सर्वनाम
तेof you / your
ते:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
उरूbroad, wide
उरू:
Kartā-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootउरु (प्रातिपदिक)
अष्ठीवन्तौthe two bony ones / having bones
अष्ठीवन्तौ:
Kartā (यौ…अष्ठीवन्तौ) — ‘those two (bones/parts) that are bony’
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्ठीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अस्थि’ + वत्)
येwhich (ones)
ये:
Kartā (सम्बन्धवाचक/निर्देशक)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
श्रोणीhips, pelvic bones
श्रोणी:
Kartā/उद्देश्य (enumeration of body-parts)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोणी (प्रातिपदिक)
याwhich (fem., one)
या:
Kartā (सम्बन्धवाचक/निर्देशक)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
चand
च:
— (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तेyour / of you
ते:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
भसत्the rump/seat (buttocks region)
भसत्:
Kartā/उद्देश्य (enumeration of body-part)
TypeNoun
Rootभसद्/भसत् (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-शरीरावयववाचक)
आमिक्षाम्curdled milk / thickened milk (āmikṣā)
आमिक्षाम्:
Karma (दुह्रताम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootआमिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
दुह्रताम्let them milk
दुह्रताम्:
क्रिया (विधि) — कर्ता अव्यक्तः (देवाः/औषधयः/शक्तयः) संदर्भतः
TypeVerb
Rootदुह् (धातु)
दात्रेfor the giver / for the one to be given (recipient)
दात्रे:
Sampradāna (for the giver / for the sick person as recipient, contextually)
TypeNoun
Rootदात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
क्षीरम्milk
क्षीरम्:
Karma (दुह्रताम्—‘milk (it)’)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्पिःghee
सर्पिः:
Karma (दुह्रताम्—‘(milk) ghee’)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अथोand also
अथो:
— (समुच्चय/अनुक्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथो (अव्यय; अथ + उ)
मधुhoney
मधु:
Karma (दुह्रताम्—‘(milk) honey’)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Cow/Payas (milk as power)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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