Mantra 2
Sukta 23
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आ ते योनिं गर्भ एतु पुमान् बाण इवेषुधिम्। आ वीरोऽत्र जायतां पुत्रस्ते दशमास्यः
IAST Transliteration
ā́ te yóniṃ gárbha etu pumā́n bā́ṇa ivéṣudhím | ā́ vīró ’trá jāyatāṃ putrás te dáśa-māsyaḥ |
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Into thy womb let the embryo come, a male, as an arrow into the quiver. Here let a hero be born—a son to thee, of ten months’ bearing.
Word by Word
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor) / relation
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) / tvad (2nd pers. pronoun)
योनिम्womb, place of origin
योनिम्:
कर्म (goal/object of motion) / karma
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक) / yoni
गर्भःembryo, fetus
गर्भः:
कर्तृ (agent) / kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) / garbha
एतुlet (him/it) go/come
एतु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) / i ‘to go’
पुमान्a male
पुमान्:
कर्तृ (apposition to गर्भः) / kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक) / pumāṃs
बाणःarrow
बाणः:
उपमान (simile term) / comparative
TypeNoun
Rootबाण (प्रातिपदिक) / bāṇa
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात) / iva
इषुधिम्quiver
इषुधिम्:
कर्म (goal/object of motion) / karma
TypeNoun
Rootइषुधि (प्रातिपदिक) / iṣudhi
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
वीरःhero; (here) male child
वीरः:
कर्तृ / kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक) / vīra
अत्रhere
अत्र:
अधिकरण (location) / adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय) / atra
जायताम्let (him/them) be born
जायताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) / jan ‘to be born, arise’
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
कर्तृ (apposition to वीरः) / kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) / putra
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor) / relation
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) / tvad
दशमास्यःof ten months (full-term)
दशमास्यः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण / qualifier of agent
TypeAdjective
Rootदश-मास्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक) / daśa-māsya
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic domestic seers (traditional attribution)
Devata: Garbha (embryo) / Prajā (progeny) as operative power
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
Mantra Rasa
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