Mantra 5

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शिवो वो गोष्ठो भवतु शारिशाकेव पुष्यत । इहैवोत प्र जायध्वं मया वः सं सृजामसि

IAST Transliteration

śivó vó goṣṭhó bhavatu śāriśā́keva puṣyata | iháiva utá prá jāyadhvaṃ máyā vaḥ sáṃ sṛjāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Auspicious be your cattle-stall; like the thriving pot-herb let it prosper. Here, even here, moreover, increase and be born forth: by me for you we bring the whole to issue.

Word by Word

शिवःauspicious, benign

वःfor you / of you

गोष्टःcowshed, cattle-stall

भवतुmay it be

शारिशाकेवlike (a) śāriśāka-plant (i.e., luxuriant/wholesome like that herb)

पुष्यतmay you thrive / prosper

इहhere

एवindeed, just

उतand, also

प्रforth, forward (intensifier)

जायध्वम्may you be born / may you bring forth offspring

मयाby me

वःfor you / of you

सम्together, completely

सृजामसिwe release/let loose; we set in motion

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for paustika material)

Devata: Goṣṭha/Pausti (prosperity principle; implicitly supported by Indra/Paśupati-type guardianship in the cycle)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in paustika verses)

Mantra Rasa

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