Atharva Veda 9.4.3: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 3

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुमा॑न॒न्तर्वा॒न्त्स्थवि॑रः॒ पय॑स्वा॒न् वसोः॒ कब॑न्धमृष॒भो बि॑भर्ति । तमिन्द्रा॑य प॒थिभि॑र्देव॒यानै॑र्हु॒तम॒ग्निर्व॑हतु जा॒तवे॑दाः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.4.3

IAST Transliteration

púmān antarvā́nt stháviráḥ páyasvān vásor kábandham ṛṣabhó bibharti | tám índrāya pathíbhiḥ devayā́naiḥ hútam agnír vahatu jātávedāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Male, inwardly full, stout, rich in milk—the Bull bears the very trunk of wealth. Him, offered for Indra, by paths that lead to Gods, let Agni Jātavedas convey.

Translation

雄にして、内に満ち、堅く、乳に富む。雄牛は富の胴（かばね）を担う。その者を、インドラのために供えられしものとして、神々へ通ずる道々により、ジャータヴェーダスなるアグニよ、運びたまえ。

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Word by Word

• पुमान्: the male (one)
• पुमान्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तर्वान्: having an interior/inner (power)
• अन्तर्वान्: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थविरः: stout, firm, strong
• स्थविरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थविर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पयस्वान्: abounding in milk/juice; rich in sap
• पयस्वान्: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पयस् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसोः: of wealth; of the Vasu (treasure)
• वसोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• कबन्धम्: the trunk/body; a headless torso
• कबन्धम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषभः: the bull; the best/foremost one
• ऋषभः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• बिभर्ति: bears, carries, supports
• बिभर्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पथिभिः: by/with paths
• पथिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘path, way’)

• देवयानैः: by the god-going (divine) ways
• देवयानैः: करण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: देवयान (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुतम्: offered, oblated
• हुतम्: कर्म
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: √हु (जुहोत्यादि) → हुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहतु: may (he) convey/carry
• वहतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहने)

• जातवेदाः: Jātavedas (Agni, ‘knower of births/all beings’)
• जातवेदाः: कर्तृ (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Agni)

Attribution

Rishi: Not specified in the provided excerpt

Devata: Indra (recipient) and Agni Jātavedas (carrier); prosperity embodied as ṛṣabha

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (two hemistich structure; not explicitly given in the input)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta