Mantra 12
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
क्षुत् कुक्षिरिरा वनिष्ठुः पर्वताः प्लाशयः
IAST Transliteration
kṣút kúkhṣir írā vaniṣṭhúḥ párvatāḥ plāśáyaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Hunger, the belly; refreshment; the bladder; the mountains, and the spleens—(these are assigned their stations).
Word by Word
क्षुत्hunger
क्षुत्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुत् (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)
कुक्षिःbelly, abdomen
कुक्षिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकुक्षि (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)
इराrefreshment; food/nourishment
इरा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइरा (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)
वनिष्ठुः(a being/agent called) vaniṣṭhu; a devouring/gnawing one (name/epithet)
वनिष्ठुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवनिष्ठु (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)
पर्वताःmountains
पर्वताः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)
प्लाशयः(beings/things called) plāśaya; ‘plāśa’-related ones (name/epithet)
प्लाशयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootप्लाशय (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Internal powers (kṣut/irā) and the embodied cosmos
Chandas: Enumerative (catalogue-style)
Mantra Rasa
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