Mantra 14

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊरू पादावष्ठीवन्तौ शिरौ हस्तावथो मुखम्। पृष्टीर्बर्जह्ये पार्श्वे कस्तत् समदधादृषिः

IAST Transliteration

ūrū́ pā́dāv aṣṭhīvántau śírau hástā́v átho múkham | pṛṣṭī́r barhyè pārśvé kás tát samádadhād ṛ́ṣiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thighs, feet with bones within them, head, hands, and moreover the mouth; the backs, the bedding, the sides—what Seer was he who fitted that together?

Word by Word

ऊरूthe two thighs

पादौthe two feet

अष्ठीवन्तौhaving bones; bony

शिरःthe head

हस्तौthe two hands

अथोand also; moreover

मुखम्the mouth/face

पृष्ठीःthe backs/ridges (back parts)

बर्जह्येthe two ‘barjahya’ parts (a paired body-part; exact identification uncertain)

पार्श्वेthe two sides/flanks

कःwho?

तत्that

सम्together; completely

अदधात्placed/put together; fashioned

ऋषिःthe seer

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (catalogued under AV 11.8 seer lists in ancillary indices).

Devata: Puruṣa/Śarīra (the body-person) and the unnamed primal ‘assembler’ queried as ṛṣi.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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