Mantra 37

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं पितरावृत्विये सृजेथां माता पिता च रेतसो भवाथः । मर्य इव योषामधिरोहयैनां प्रजां कृण्वाथामिह पुष्यतं रयिम्

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ pitarāv ṛ́tvīye sṛjethāṃ mātā́ pitā́ ca rétaso bhavāthaḥ | márya iva yóṣām ádhīrohayaínāṃ prajā́ṃ kṛṇvāthām ihá púṣyataṃ rayím

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Together, in due season, let the two parents send forth; mother and father, be ye possessed of seed. As a young man upon a young wife mount thou her: beget ye offspring here, and nourish ye wealth to thrive.

Word by Word

सम्together, completely

पितरौthe two parents (fathers/parents)

ऋत्वियेfor the priest of the season/at the proper time (ṛtvij)

सृजेथाम्you two should release/emit/produce

माताmother

पिताfather

चand

रेतसःof seed, of semen

भवाथःyou two should be/become

मर्यःa young man, bridegroom

इवlike, as

योषाम्a woman, wife

अधिरोहयmount/ascend (her), approach

एनाम्her

प्रजाम्offspring, progeny

कृण्वाथाम्you two should make/produce

इहhere

पुष्यतम्you two should nourish/thrive

रयिम्wealth, prosperity

Attribution

Rishi: As in AVŚ 14.2 wedding corpus (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Fertility/Progeny (Prajā) and Ṛtu (right season) as operative principles; addressed to the couple.

Chandas: Edition-dependent; anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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