Mantra 36

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये न महानघ्न्या जघनमश्विना येन वा सुरा । येनाक्षा अभ्यषिच्यन्त तेनेमां वर्चसावतम्

IAST Transliteration

yé naḥ mahád anághnyā jaghánam aśvínā yéna vā surā́ | yénákṣā abhýaṣicyanta ténémāṃ várcasāvatam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That greatness which is in the inviolable cows’ hind-part, and in the horses; or that whereby the surā, whereby the dice are sprinkled—therewith endow this woman with splendour.

Word by Word

येwho (they)

नःof us / our

महानघ्न्याःof the great ‘aghnyā’ (inviolable cow / revered one)

जघनम्hind-part, rump

अश्विनाthe Aśvins (two divine horsemen)

येनby which / with which

वाor

सुराsurā (liquor)

येनby which

अक्षाःdice (akṣa-s)

अभ्यषिच्यन्तthey sprinkled / anointed

तेनwith that / by that

इमाम्this (her/this one)

वर्चसावतम्endowed with radiance/splendour

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (Vivāha-kāṇḍa).

Devata: Varchas (abstract power); associated prosperity loci (cows/horses; surā; akṣa).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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