Mantra 2

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथेयं पृथिवी मही भूतानां गर्भमादधे। एवा दधामि ते गर्भं तस्मै त्वामवसे हुवे

IAST Transliteration

yáthā iyáṁ pṛthivī mahī́ bhūtā́nāṁ gárbham ādadhé | evā́ dadhāmi te gárbhaṁ tásmai tvā́m aváse huve

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As this great Earth hath taken to herself the embryo of all beings, even so do I implant for thee an embryo: for that end I call on thee for succour.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as / as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवी: the Earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: great, vast
• मही: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मह्’/‘महत्’ से)

• भूतानाम्: of beings / creatures
• भूतानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक; √भू क्त)

• गर्भम्: embryo, womb-content
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आदधे: has placed/has deposited (for herself)
• आदधे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (आ + √धा)

• एव: so / just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• दधामि: I place / I establish
• दधामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary, genitive-used)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भम्: embryo
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मै: to/for that (one/purpose)
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अवसे: for aid / for protection
• अवसे: प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान (purpose: ‘for help’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुवे: I call / I invoke
• हुवे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हू

Attribution

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

Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) and an invoked protective power (implicit)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for such domestic verses)

Mantra Rasa

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