Mantra 8

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अधि स्कन्द वीरयस्व गर्भमा धेहि योन्याम्। वृषासि वृष्ण्यावन् प्रजायै त्वा नयामसि

IAST Transliteration

ádhi skanda vīráyasva gárbham ā́ dhehi yónyām | vṛ́ṣā asi vṛṣṇyāvan prajā́yai tvā́ nayāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come over, O Skanda, display thy manly might; place thou the embryo in the womb. A bull art thou, bull-strong: for progeny we bring thee hither.

Word by Word

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्कन्द: O Skanda
• स्कन्द: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)

• वीरयस्व: become/act as a hero; show valor
• वीरयस्व: Kartā (आहूतः कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीरय् (धातु; Denom. ‘वीर’ से) / √वीरय्

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

• आ: (prefix) in/into, towards; completely
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• धेहि: place, set, put
• धेहि: Kartā (आहूतः कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे/निधाने)

• योन्याम्: in the womb, in the source
• योन्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषा: a bull; the virile one
• वृषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन्/वृष (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: — (सम्बन्ध/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भुवि/सत्तायाम्)

• वृष्ण्यावन्: O possessor of manly vigor
• वृष्ण्यावन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष्ण्यावन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वृष्ण्य’ + वन्त्)

• प्रजायै: for offspring, for progeny
• प्रजायै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नयामसि: we lead, we bring
• नयामसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नी (नयने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain without anukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Skanda (as vīrya/virility power), with implicit focus on implantation

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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