Mantra 20
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उज्जिहीध्वे स्तनयत्यभिक्रन्दत्योषधीः । यदा वः पृश्निमातरः पर्जन्यो रेतसावति
IAST Transliteration
új jihīdhve stanáyaty abhikrאַנד́aty oṣadhī́ḥ | yadā́ vaḥ pṛ́śni-mātaraḥ párjanyo rétasā́vati
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Start forth, O Herbs, when it thunders, when it roars aloud over you—when Parjanya, for you whose mothers are the speckled one, waters with seed.
Word by Word
उज्जिहीध्वेBestir yourselves / rise up!
उज्जिहीध्वे:
(कर्तृ-प्रवृत्तिः) — addressed agent(s)
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + √जिही (जिहीते/जिहायते; ‘to start up, bestir oneself, rise’)
स्तनयति(it) thunders
स्तनयति:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√स्तनय् (to thunder)
अभिक्रन्दतिroars / cries aloud (towards)
अभिक्रन्दति:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + √क्रन्द् (to cry out, roar)
ओषधीःthe herbs (medicinal plants)
ओषधीः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि- (herb, medicinal plant)
यदाwhen
यदा:
अधिकरण (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (relative adverb)
वःof you / your
वः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (2nd person pronoun)
पृश्निमातरःO Pṛśni-mothers (mothers of the speckled one)
पृश्निमातरः:
कर्तृ (addressed group)
TypeNoun (address) / Adjective used substantively
Rootपृश्नि-मातर्- (having Pṛśni as mother; ‘Pṛśni-mothers’)
पर्जन्यःParjanya (the rain-giver)
पर्जन्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपर्जन्य- (Parjanya, rain-god / rain-cloud)
रेतसाwith seed / with generative fluid
रेतसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरेतस्- (seed, semen; generative fluid)
अवतिhelps / favors / protects
अवति:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√अव् (to protect, help, favor)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Parjanya and the Oṣadhis (Herbs).
Chandas: Predominantly anuṣṭubh-like.
Mantra Rasa
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