Atharva Veda 5.16.4: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 4

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि॑ चतुर्वृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.16.4

IAST Transliteration

yádi catúr-vṛṣó ’ási sṛjá-rasó ’ási

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If thou be of fourfold bull-strength, if thou be of streaming sap—(so be it).

Translation

जर तू चतुर्वृष (चतुर्गुण वृष-शक्ती) असशील, जर तू सृजारस (रस प्रवाहित करणारा) असशील—तथास्तु.

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Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya)

• चतुर्वृषः: four-bull(ed) one; having four bulls (as draught/strength)
• चतुर्वृषः: Kartā (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: चतुर् + वृष (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• सृजारसः: one who releases/produces sap/juice; sap-shedding/juice-producing
• सृजारसः: Kartā (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound used predicatively)
• Root: सृज् (धातु) + रस (प्रातिपदिक) → ‘सृज-रस’ (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासाधारित विशेषण)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Charm-substance (dravya-devatā)

Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta