Mantra 8

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

(१३) ओषधीरेव रथन्तरेण देवा अदुह्रन् व्यचो बृहता

IAST Transliteration

óṣadhī́r iva rathantaráeṇa devā́ aduhran vyáco bṛhatā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As one milks herbs, so with Rathantara the Gods milked forth Vyac, with Bṛhat.

Word by Word

• ओषधीः: herbs, medicinal plants
• ओषधीः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• रथन्तरेण: with/by the Rathantara (Sāman)
• रथन्तरेण: करण
• Type: Noun (name of a Sāman/chant)
• Root: रथन्तर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदुह्रन्: they milked/drew out
• अदुह्रन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु) ‘दोहने’

• व्यचः: wide expanse; (here) the broad (milk/essence)
• व्यचः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यचस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहता: with the great/lofty (one); by the great (means)
• बृहता: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त्- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa milieu (hymn-level attribution variable)

Devata: Vyac (personified pervasion/power), supported by Sāman-forms; implicitly Vāc/Bráhman

Chandas: Mantric prose/triṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

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