Mantra 9

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि जिहीष्व बार्हत्सामे गर्भस्ते योनिमा शयाम्। अदुष्टे देवाः पुत्रं सोमपा उभयाविनम्

IAST Transliteration

ví jihīṣva bārhatsāme gárbhas té yóniṁ ā́ śayām | áduṣṭe devā́ḥ putráṁ somapā́ ubhayā́vinam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Open thou forth, O Bārhat-sāman: may thine embryo lie down within the womb. O unhurt one, may the Soma-drinking gods (grant) a son, endowed with both prosperities.

Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder (intensifier/prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• जिहीष्व: seek to abandon / drive away!
• जिहीष्व: (implicit) Kartā = addressed person
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (जहाति) / desiderative stem जिहीष-

• बार्हत्सामे: O Bārhat-sāman (chant/one connected with the Bṛhat-sāman)
• बार्हत्सामे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बार्हत्सामन् (prātipadika)

• गर्भः: the embryo, fetus
• गर्भः: Kartā (of ‘lies’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (prātipadika)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (pronominal base)

• योनिम्: womb, place of birth
• योनिम्: Karma (goal/object with motion/placement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (prātipadika)

• आ: towards, into
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• शयाम्: may lie / let (it) lie
• शयाम्: Kriyā (verbal action); Kartā = गर्भः
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शी (शेते) / Vedic injunctive/optative-type form

• अदुष्टे: O uninjured/undefiled one
• अदुष्टे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदुष्ट (a- + दुष्ट, PPP of √दुष्)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā (of ‘(give/secure)’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (prātipadika)

• सोमपाः: Soma-drinkers
• सोमपाः: Kartā (apposition to देवाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमपा (soma- + √पा ‘drink’ → ‘soma-drinker’)

• उभयाविनम्: endowed with both (kinds of) prosperity/advantages
• उभयाविनम्: Viśeṣaṇa of Karma (qualifier of ‘son’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभयाविन् (prātipadika; ‘having both/possessing both sides/advantages’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain without anukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Bārhat-sāman (personified), and the Soma-drinking gods collectively

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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