Mantra 35

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुरोडाशवत्सा सुदुघा लोकेऽस्मा उप तिष्ठति । सास्मै सर्वान् कामान् वशा प्रददुषे दुहे

IAST Transliteration

puroḍā́śa-vatsā́ sudúghā́ lóke ’smā́i úpa tiṣṭhati | sā́ ’smāi sárvān kā́mān vaśā́ pradadúṣe duhē ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the sacrificial cake for calf, a good milker, she stands near him in the world: the Vashā milks out for him all desires—to him who hath bestowed her.

Word by Word

• पुरोडाशवत्सा: (the cow) having a puroḍāśa-calf / whose calf is (like) a sacrificial cake
• पुरोडाशवत्सा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: पुरोडाश-वत्स (प्रातिपदिक; पुरोडाश + वत्स) अथवा पुरोडाशवत्स- (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदुघा: good-milking, yielding well
• सुदुघा: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; दुह् ‘to milk’ से गुणवाचक)

• लोके: in the world / in the realm
• लोके: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: to him / for him
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तिष्ठति: stands
• तिष्ठति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• सा: she
• सा: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: to him / for him
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• कामान्: desires, wishes
• कामान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• वशा: the Vashā-cow (a ritual cow; a yielding cow)
• वशा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, fully
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ददुषे: to the giver (to him who has given)
• ददुषे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Participle (perfect active) used substantively
• Root: दा (धातु) → दद् (परफेक्ट-आधार) / ददुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुहे: she milks / yields milk
• दुहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (not specified here).

Devata: Vaśā as beneficent agent; indirectly Yajña (puroḍāśa).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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