Mantra 11
Sukta 25
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
त्वष्टः श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रमा धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे
IAST Transliteration
tváṣṭaḥ śréṣṭhena rūpéṇāsyā́ nā́ryā gavīnyóḥ | púmāṃsaṃ putrám ā́ dhehi daśamé mā́si sūtáve ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O Tvaṣṭṛ, with thy most excellent form, within this woman—these cow-like sources of increase—implant a manly son, that in the tenth month she may bring him forth.
Word by Word
त्वष्टःof Tvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
त्वष्टः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रेष्ठेनwith the best
श्रेष्ठेन:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
रूपेणwith form/appearance
रूपेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्याःof this (woman)
अस्याः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नार्याःof the woman
नार्याः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootनारी (प्रातिपदिक)
गवीन्योःof/in the two gavīnyā (the pair; lit. ‘two cow(-like) ones’)
गवीन्योः:
सम्बन्ध/अधिकारण (contextual: ‘of/in the two gavīnyā’)
TypeNoun
Rootगवीन्य (प्रातिपदिक; dual form used for a pair, esp. ‘two cows’/‘cow-like pair’)
पुमांसम्a male
पुमांसम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुत्रम्a son
पुत्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards; in (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
धेहिplace; implant; bestow
धेहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धा (दधाति)
दशमेin the tenth
दशमे:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootदशम (प्रातिपदिक)
मासिmonth
मासि:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
सूतवेfor giving birth; for delivery
सूतवे:
सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (purpose)
TypeVerbal noun (infinitive)
Root√सू (सवति/सूते) → सूतव (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; infinitival dative in -तवे)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Tvaṣṭṛ
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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