Mantra 33

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एतास्ते असौ धेनवः कामदुघा भवन्तु । एनीः श्येनीः सरूपा विरूपास्तिलवत्सा उप तिष्ठन्तु त्वात्र

IAST Transliteration

etā́s te asáu dhenávaḥ kāmadúghā bhavantu | enī́ḥ śyenī́ḥ sarū́pā vírūpās tilávatsā úpa tiṣṭhantu tvā́tra ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

These, for thee, yonder, let the cows be wish-milking. Eni-cows, Śyenī-cows, like-formed and unlike-formed, with sesame for calves—let them stand nigh unto thee here.

Translation

നിനക്കായി അവിടെയുള്ള ഈ ധേനുക്കൾ കാമദുഘാ—ഇഷ്ടംപോലെ പാലുതരുന്നവ—ആകട്ടെ. ഏനീ-ധേനുക്കൾ, ശ്യേനീ-ധേനുക്കൾ, ഒരേ രൂപവും വ്യത്യസ്ത രൂപവും ഉള്ളവ, എള്ളുകിടാവുകളുള്ളവ—ഇവിടെ നിന്റെ അടുത്ത് സമീപമായി നില്ക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

एताःthese

तेof you / your

असौthat (one there)

धेनवःcows

कामदुघाःwish-yielding (granting desires)

भवन्तुlet them be / may they become

एनीःthe ‘Enī’ (doe-like) ones

श्येनीःthe ‘Śyenī’ (hawk-like) ones

सरूपाःsimilar-formed

विरूपाःvaried-formed

तिलवत्साःhaving sesame(-colored) calves / ‘Tilavatsā’ (named group)

उपnear, up to

तिष्ठन्तुlet them stand / let them stay

त्वाyou

अत्रhere

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛmedha tradition

Devata: Pitṛs/Yama; kāmadughā dhenus as beneficent agencies

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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