Mantra 7

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

(१२) बृहच्च रथन्तरं च द्वौ स्तनावास्तां यज्ञायज्ञियं च वामदेव्यं च द्वौ

IAST Transliteration

bṛháccá rathantaráṃ ca dváu stanā́vāstāṃ yajñāyajñíyaṃ ca vāmadevyáṃ ca dváu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bṛhat and Rathantara—these twain were as two breasts; and Yajñāyajñiya and Vāmadevya—these also were two.

Word by Word

• बृहत्: the ‘Bṛhat’ (great) (chant)
• बृहत्: Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्तृपद; ‘स्तनौ’ के विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक; √बृह् ‘वर्धने’ से) अथवा विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक

• च: and
• च: — (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• रथन्तरम्: the ‘Rathantara’ (chant)
• रथन्तरम्: Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्तृपद; ‘स्तनौ’ के विशेषण/नामरूपेण)
• Type: Noun (proper/technical name)
• Root: रथन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: — (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Kartā (स्तनौ इति कर्तृपदस्य संख्याविशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: द्वि (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तनौ: breasts/udders
• स्तनौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन (प्रातिपदिक)

• आस्ताम्: let them be / may they be
• आस्ताम्: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• यज्ञाय: for the sacrifice
• यज्ञाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञियम्: the sacrificial / worthy of sacrifice
• यज्ञियम्: Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्तृपद; ‘स्तनौ’ के विशेषण/नामरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘यज्ञ’ से तद्धित/विशेषण)

• च: and
• च: — (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वामदेव्यम्: the ‘Vāmadevyam’ (chant)
• वामदेव्यम्: Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्तृपद; ‘स्तनौ’ के विशेषण/नामरूपेण)
• Type: Noun (technical name)
• Root: वामदेव्य (प्रातिपदिक; वामदेव-सम्बद्ध)

• च: and
• च: — (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Kartā (अनुवृत्त ‘स्तनौ’ का संख्याविशेषण; द्वितीय-युगल का संकेत)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: द्वि (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies; often treated as Atharvan/Bṛghu-Aṅgiras milieu rather than a single ṛṣi)

Devata: Sāman-forms personified (Bṛhat, Rathantara, Yajñāyajñiya, Vāmadevya) as efficacious ritual powers; implicitly Vāc/Bráhman

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like enumerative style; functionally treated as mantraic anuṣṭubh-equivalent in domestic application (edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

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