Mantra 2
Sukta 72
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यथा पसस्तायादरं वातेन स्थूलभं कृतम्। यावत् परस्वतः पसस्तावत् ते वर्धतां पसः
IAST Transliteration
yáthā pásas tāyā́d aráṃ vā́tena sthūlabháṃ kr̥tám | yā́vat párasvataḥ pásas tā́vat te vardhatāṃ pásoḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
As the virile member is stretched to sufficiency, made stout by the wind—so far as it surpasseth measure, so far let thy member increase.
Word by Word
यथाjust as / in the manner that
यथा:
Adhikaraṇa (प्रकार/उपमान-निर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya-prātipadika)
पसःa noose; snare; bond
पसः:
Karma (कृतम् इत्यस्य) / (उपमान-वस्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootपस् (prātipadika: पस्-)
तायात्from (its) approach/coming
तायात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun (abstract/action) / Kṛdanta
Rootया (dhātu) + ता (kṛt: तृच्/ताच्-प्रत्ययः; ‘ताय’ = going/coming) → तायात्
अदरम्loose; slack; not tight
अदरम्:
Karma (कृतम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअदर (prātipadika)
वातेनby the wind
वातेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवात (prātipadika)
स्थूलभम्thick; bulky; coarse
स्थूलभम्:
Karma (कृतम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थूलभ (prātipadika; स्थूल + भ)
कृतम्made; rendered
कृतम्:
(मुख्यवाक्ये) विधेय/विशेषण-रूपेण; ‘पसः’ इत्यस्य
TypeVerb-derived participle
Rootकृ (dhātu) + क्त (kṛdanta: past passive participle)
यावत्as much as; to the extent that
यावत्:
Adhikaraṇa (परिमाण-निर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (avyaya-prātipadika)
परःthe farther/other (one)
परः:
Kartā (अस्ति/भवति इत्यर्थे गम्यः) / (तुल्य-निर्देशे)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (prātipadika)
स्वतःfrom oneself; on one’s own side
स्वतः:
Adhikaraṇa (स्रोत/पक्ष-निर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्व (prātipadika) + तस् (tasil-avyaya)
पसःnoose; bond
पसः:
Karma (वर्धताम् इत्यस्य विषयः) / (तुल्य-निर्देश)
TypeNoun
Rootपस् (prātipadika: पस्-)
तावत्so much; to that extent
तावत्:
Adhikaraṇa (परिमाण-समता)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत् (avyaya-prātipadika)
तेof you / to you
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of you/your’) / Sampradāna (if taken as dat.)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (sarvanāman)
वर्धताम्let (them/it) grow; increase
वर्धताम्:
(आशीर्वाद/विधि) क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (dhātu)
पसःthe noose(s); bond(s)
पसः:
Kartā (वर्धताम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootपस् (prātipadika: पस्-)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (to be filled from Anukramaṇī).
Devata: Vāta (vital wind) / generative potency
Chandas: To be verified (likely Anuṣṭubh).
Mantra Rasa
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