Mantra 38

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तां पूषंछिवतमामेरयस्व यस्यां बीजं मनुष्या३वपन्ति । या न ऊरू उशती विश्रयाति यस्यामुशन्तः प्रहरेम शेपः

IAST Transliteration

tā́m pū́ṣaṇ śivátamām érayasva yásyāṃ bī́jaṃ manuṣyā̀ ávapanti | yā́ na ū́rū uśatī́ viśráyāti yásyām uśántaḥ prahárema śépaḥ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Her—O Pūṣan—most gracious, do thou impel and lead, in whom men sow the seed. She who, desiring, spreads her thighs for us—within whom, desiring, we should thrust the virile member.

Word by Word

ताम्her/that (woman/bride)

पूषन्O Pūṣan

शिवतमाम्most auspicious

ईरयस्वimpel/dispatch

यस्याम्in whom/wherein

बीजम्seed

मनुष्याःmen/humans

अवपन्तिsow

याshe who

नःof us/our

ऊरू(two) thighs

उशतीdesiring, eager

विश्रयातिleans/spreads/rests apart

यस्यम्in whom/wherein

उशन्तःdesiring ones, eager (men)

प्रहरेमmay we bring/offer forth

शेपःpenis, male organ

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally assigned within the AV 14.2 vivāha complex (often connected with Atharvanic seers; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Pūṣan (as marital guide) and implicitly the generative power of the bride.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence (as transmitted in AV vivāha verses; metrical exactness varies by recension).

Mantra Rasa

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