Mantra 4

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र यदेते प्रतरं पूर्व्यं गुः सदःसद आतिष्ठन्तो अजुर्यम्। कविः शुषस्य मातरा रिहाणे जाम्यै धुर्यं पतिमेरयेथाम्

IAST Transliteration

prá yád eté prataráṃ pū́rvyaṃ gúḥ sádaḥ-sada ā́tiṣṭhanto ajúryam | kavíḥ śúṣasya mātárā rihāṇé jāmyaí dhuryáṃ pátim érayeथām |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When these went forth, more forward, in the ancient way, taking their stand from seat to seat upon the undecaying—(then) the Seer: the two Mothers, licking the young, should impel for the kinsman the lord fit for the yoke.

Translation

ಇವರು (ಇಬ್ಬರೂ) ಪುರಾತನ ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಇನ್ನೂ ಮುಂದಾಗಿ ಹೊರಟು, ಅಜರ್ಯ (ಅವಿನಾಶಿ) ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಆಸನದಿಂದ ಆಸನಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಂತಾಗ—ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಕವಿ (ದೃಷ್ಟಾ) ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ: ಮರಿಗೆ ನಾಲಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿ ಲಾಲಿಸುವ ಎರಡು ಮಾತೃಗಳು ಜಾಮ್ಯ (ಬಂಧು)ಗಾಗಿ ಯುಗಕ್ಕೆ ಯೋಗ್ಯನಾದ ಪತಿಯನ್ನು/ಸ್ವಾಮಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರೇರೇಪಿಸಲಿ.

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

यत्which, that which

एतेthese (ones)

प्रातरम्early, in the morning

पूर्व्यम्former, ancient

गुःthey have gone

सदःthe seat, assembly-hall

सदःthe seat (again: the assembly)

आunto, towards

तिष्ठन्तःstanding, taking their stand

अजुर्यम्unaging, undecaying

कविःthe seer, poet

शुषस्यof the dry one / of drought

मातरौthe two mothers

रिहाणेlicking, lapping

जाम्यैfor kinship/for what is of the same stock

धुर्यम्fit for the yoke, to be yoked

पतिम्lord, husband

ईरयेथाम्you two should set in motion / impel

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī / paired Mothers; household ‘pati’ as beneficiary

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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