Mantra 15

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यान्युलूखलमुसलानि ग्रावाण एव ते

IAST Transliteration

yā́ny ulūkhalamusalā́ni grā́vāṇa evá té

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What mortar-and-pestles there are—those, in very truth, are the pressing-stones.

Word by Word

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• उलूखल: mortar
• उलूखल: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूखल (prātipadika)

• मुसलानि: pestles
• मुसलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल (prātipadika)

• ग्रावाणः: pressing-stones
• ग्रावाणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रावन् (prātipadika)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ते: to/for you; your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Grāvan (press-stones) / Sacrificial operation

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh tendency (equational statement; exact meter uncertain)

Mantra Rasa

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