Mantra 9
Sukta 11
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यो वेदानडुहो दोहान्त्सप्तानुपदस्वतः । प्रजां च लोकं चाप्नोति तथा सप्तऋषयो विदुः
IAST Transliteration
yó védānaḍúho dóhān saptā́nupadasvataḥ | prajā́ṃ ca lokáṃ cā́pnoti táthā saptarṣáyo vidúḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whoso knoweth the draught-ox’ seven yieldings, in ordered sequence step by step, he winneth progeny and winneth a world: thus have the Seven Seers known.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वेदknows
वेद:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)
अनडुहःof the ox/bull
अनडुहः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअनडुह् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बैल/वृषभ’)
दोहान्milkings / yields (acts of milking)
दोहान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदोह (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दोह/दुग्ध-प्रसव/दुग्ध-ग्रहण’)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
अनुपदस्वतःstep by step; in due order; according to each word/step
अनुपदस्वतः:
Adhikaraṇa (manner/according to)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु + पद + स्वतस् (अव्यय-समास)
प्रजाम्offspring; progeny
प्रजाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
लोकम्world; realm
लोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
आप्नोतिattains
आप्नोति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (आपॢँ प्राप्तौ)
तथाthus; in that manner
तथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
सप्तseven
सप्त:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषयःseers
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
विदुःhave known; know
विदुः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous; authority appealed to Saptarṣis
Devata: Vidyā (sacred knowledge) / Anaduh (as prosperity-support)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approximate)
Mantra Rasa
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