Mantra 58

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन्। रसो गोषु प्रविष्टो यस्तेनेमां सं सृजामसि

IAST Transliteration

bṛ́haspátinā́vasṛṣṭā́ṃ víśve devā́ adhārayan | ráso góṣu práviṣṭo yás ténemā́ṃ sáṃ sṛjāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Discharged by Bṛhaspati, all the Gods have upheld it. The sap that hath entered the kine—therewith we duly set this woman/this state in order.

Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिना: by/with Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवसृष्टाम्: (her/it) sent forth, released
• अवसृष्टाम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: √सृज् (सृजति) + अव (उपसर्ग); क्त (कृदन्त)

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधारयन्: they upheld, supported
• अधारयन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धरति) + अधि (उपसर्ग)

• रसः: sap, essence
• रसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोषु: among/in the cows
• गोषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रविष्टः: entered
• प्रविष्टः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: √विश् (विशति) + प्र (उपसर्ग); क्त (कृदन्त)

• यः: who/which
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: with that (thereby)
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इमाम्: this (female/this one)
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सृजामसि: we create, we bring forth
• सृजामसि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (सृजति)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic domestic seers (Anukramaṇī attribution varies within AV 14 marriage materials).

Devata: Bṛhaspati; Viśve Devāḥ; implicitly ‘Rasa’ as prosperity-essence.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV domestic verses; exact scansion to be verified per pada counts).

Mantra Rasa

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