Mantra 23
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उपेहोपपर्चनास्मिन् गोष्ठ उप पृञ्च नः । उप ऋषभस्य यद् रेत उपेन्द्र तव वीर्यऽम्
IAST Transliteration
úpa ihópaparcanāsmín góṣṭha úpa pṛñca naḥ | úpa ṛṣabhásya yád réta úpéndra táva vīryàm ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Hither, even here, O bedewer—within this cowshed—sprinkle upon us. Hither (bring) the bull’s seed, hither, O Indra, thy potency.
Word by Word
उपnear; towards (prefix: ‘up/near’)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
उपnear; towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पर्चनsprinkling; smearing; mixing (act/substance)
पर्चन:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपर्च् (धातु; ‘मिश्रणे/संयोगे’—to mix, sprinkle, smear) → पर्चन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गोष्टेin the cowshed; in the cattle-pen
गोष्टे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगोष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
उपnear; towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पृञ्चsprinkle; moisten; mix (you should/please)
पृञ्च:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्/पृच् (धातु; ‘मिश्रणे/सिञ्चने’—to sprinkle, moisten, mix) → पृञ्च (लोट्)
नःfor us; to us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
उपnear; towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ऋषभस्यof the bull (ṛṣabha)
ऋषभस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which; that (what)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
रेतःseed; semen
रेतः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
उपnear; towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तवyour
तव:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वीर्यम्strength; vigor; potency
वीर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Indra; generative potency (retaḥ/vīrya) as invoked force
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (short directive pādas; Atharvanic flexibility)
Mantra Rasa
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