Mantra 1

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गर्भाधानम्। पर्वताद् दिवो योनेरङ्गादङ्गात् समाभृतम्। शेपो गर्भस्य रेतोधाः सरौ पर्णमिवा दधत्

IAST Transliteration

gárbhādhānam | párvatād divó yóner áṅgād-aṅgāt samā́bhṛtam | śépo gárbhasya retodhā́h saráu párṇam ivā́ dadhat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Implanting of the Embryo. From the mountain, from heaven, from the womb-source, from limb to limb gathered and brought together: the penis, the embryo’s seed-depositor, lays it within the pair, as one might lay a leaf.

Word by Word

• गर्भाधानम्: the placing/implantation of the embryo (conception)
• गर्भाधानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भाधान (प्रातिपदिक; गर्भ + आधान < √धा)

• पर्वतात्: from the mountain
• पर्वतात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: of heaven/sky
• दिवः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• योनेः: of the womb/source
• योनेः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गात्: from a limb/part
• अङ्गात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गात्: from (another) limb/part
• अङ्गात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• समाभृतम्: brought/collected together
• समाभृतम्: Karma (qualifier of गर्भाधानम्)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: सम्-आ-√भृ (धातु) → समाभृत (कृदन्त)

• शेपः: the penis (phallus)
• शेपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेप (प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भस्य: of the embryo
• गर्भस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• रेतोधाः: the semen-holder/seed-placer
• रेतोधाः: Kartā (apposition to शेपः)
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: रेतोधा (प्रातिपदिक; रेतस् + धा ‘placing/holding’)

• सरौ: in/into the saru (a trough/bowl; receptacle)
• सरौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्णम्: a leaf
• पर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like/as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• दधत्: placing/putting
• दधत्: Kartā (with शेपः/रेतोधाः as subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Generative power (retas) and the cosmic sources (div/yonī) implicitly

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence with ritual heading; not strictly determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

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