Mantra 20

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परिसृष्टं धरयतु यद्धितं माव पादि तत्। गर्भं त उग्रौ रक्षतां भेषजौ नीविभार्यौऽ

IAST Transliteration

pári-sṛṣṭaṃ dharayatu yád dhitáṃ mā́ ava pādi tát | gárbhaṃ te ugráu rakṣatāṃ bheṣajáu nī́vi-bhāryáu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let that which is sent about hold fast; let not that beneficent thing fall away. Let the two fierce Remedies, the two Girdle-bearers, guard thy embryo.

Word by Word

• परिसृष्टम्: the discharged/let-loose (thing)
• परिसृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√सृज् (सृजति) / क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त

• धरयतु: may (he/it) hold/support
• धरयतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धरति)

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हितम्: placed/put; set in position
• हितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √धा (दधाति) → ‘हित’ (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) / प्रातिपदिक ‘हित’

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• अव: down/away
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पादि: may it not fall down/away
• पादि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पद् (पद्यते/पद्यति) / वैदिक-रूप

• तत्: that (same thing)
• तत्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रौ: the two fierce (ones)
• उग्रौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षताम्: may they two protect
• रक्षताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रक्ष् (रक्षति)

• भेषजौ: the two healers/remedies
• भेषजौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• नीविभार्यौ: the two to-be-worn as a girdle/waist-band (amulet-like)
• नीविभार्यौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (dual)
• Root: नीवि-भार्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘नीवि’ + ‘भार्य’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed within Atharvan/Angiras milieu; specific r̥ṣi uncertain without padānukramaṇī citation).

Devata: Bheṣajau (the two Remedies) as protective powers; implicitly garbha (foetus) as beneficiary.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV 8.6 commonly in anuṣṭubh—confirmable by syllable count per pada).

Mantra Rasa

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