Mantra 5

Sukta 138

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा नडं कशिपुने स्त्रियो भिन्दन्त्यश्मना । एवा भिनद्मि ते शेपोऽमुष्या अधि मुष्कयोः

IAST Transliteration

yáthā naḍáṃ kaśípune stríyo bhindánty áśmanā | evā́ bhinadmi te śépo ’muṣyā́ ádhi muṣkáyoḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As women, for their basket-work, split a reed with a stone, even so do I cleave thy member—of yonder man—upon the testicles.

Translation

ಹೆಂಗಸರು ಬುಟ್ಟಿ-ನೇಯ್ಗೆಗಾಗಿ ಕಲ್ಲಿನಿಂದ ನಳ (ಕಬ್ಬು/ರೀಡ್) ಅನ್ನು ಚೀರುತ್ತಾರೋ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಶೇಪ (ಲಿಂಗ)ವನ್ನು ಚೀರಿ ಬಿಡುತ್ತೇನೆ—ಅಮುಷ್ಯ (ಆ ಯವನ) ಪುರುಷನದು—ಅವನ ಅಂಡಕೋಶಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• नडम्: a reed/stalk
• नडम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नड (प्रातिपदिक)

• कशिपुने: for a (weaver’s) shuttle / for a ‘kashipu’ (implement)
• कशिपुने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कशिपु (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• भिन्दन्ति: split/break
• भिन्दन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)

• अश्मना: with a stone
• अश्मना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: so/thus
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• भिनद्मि: I split/break
• भिनद्मि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शेपः: penis (phallus)
• शेपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेप (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमुष्याः: of that woman
• अमुष्याः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अमुष्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon/over
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (upasarga/avyaya)

• मुष्कयोः: on the two testicles
• मुष्कयोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition

Devata: Bhedana (splitting) as operative power; Indra implicit in the hymn complex

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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