Mantra 23

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वे गर्भादवेपन्त जायमानादसूस्वः । ससूव हि तामाहुवशेति ब्रह्मभिः क्लृप्तः स ह्यऽस्या बन्धुः

IAST Transliteration

sárve gárbhād avepanta jā́yamānād asūsvaḥ | sasūvá hí tā́m ā́hur vaśéti bráhmabhiḥ klṛptáḥ sá hy asyā́ bandháḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All trembled at her birth from the womb, O vital Breaths. For she was brought forth; and men call her ‘Vaśā’: by the brahmans is he made ready—he is, in sooth, her kinsman-link.

Translation

ಹೇ ಪ್ರಾಣಗಳೇ, ಗರ್ಭದಿಂದ ಅವಳು ಜನಿಸುವಾಗ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ನಡುಗಿದರು. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಅವಳು ಪ್ರಸವಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಳು; ಮತ್ತು ಜನರು ಅವಳನ್ನು ‘ವಶಾ’ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಂದ ಅವನು ಸಿದ್ಧಗೊಳಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾನೆ—ಅವನೇ ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಅವಳ ಬಂಧು-ಬಂಧ (ಕುಲ-ಕೊಂಡಿ).

Word by Word

सर्वेall

गर्भात्from the womb

अवेपन्तthey trembled/shuddered

जायमानात्from (one) being born / from the newborn

असूस्वःhe has begotten/produced

ससूवhe begot/produced

हिindeed/for

ताम्her/that (one)

आहुःthey have said/called

वशा‘Vaśā’ (a name; also ‘a cow/one under control’ in other contexts)

इतिthus/so

ब्रह्मभिःwith sacred formulas/with brahman (prayers)

क्लृप्तःarranged/appointed/prepared

सःhe

हिindeed/for

अस्याःof her

बन्धुःkinsman/relative

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (per Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Vaśā (as emergent śakti); Asū (vital breaths) as addressed powers.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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