Mantra 8

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद्यष्टवृषोऽसि सृजारसोऽसि

IAST Transliteration

yády aṣṭavṛṣó ’ási sṛjāráso ’ási

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If thou be eight-bull’d, if thou be of sṛjā-sap,

Word by Word

• यत्: if/that which
• यत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अष्टवृषः: (you) the eight-bull/possessing eight bulls (epithet)
• अष्टवृषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अष्टवृष (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + वृष)

• असि: you are
• असि: (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• सृजारसः: (you) having/bringing forth sap/juice (epithet)
• सृजारसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सृजारस (प्रातिपदिक; सृजा + रस)

• असि: you are
• असि: (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified individual r̥ṣi for this micro-formula)

Devata: Sṛjā-rasa (empowered essence)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (formulaic)

Mantra Rasa

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