Atharva Veda 18.4.33: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 33

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ए॒तास्ते॑ असौ धे॒नवः॑ काम॒दुघा॑ भवन्तु । एनीः॒ श्येनीः॒ सरू॑पा॒ विरू॑पास्ति॒लव॑त्सा॒ उप॑ तिष्ठन्तु॒ त्वात्र॑

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

Ini, untukmu, di sana, biarlah lembu-lembu itu menjadi pemerah hajat, pengurnia keinginan. Lembu Eni, lembu Śyenī, yang serupa rupa dan yang tidak serupa, beranak bijan—biarlah mereka berdiri hampir kepadamu di sini.

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Word by Word

• एताः: these
• एताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• असौ: that (one there)
• असौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असद्/असौ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धेनवः: cows
• धेनवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• कामदुघाः: wish-yielding (granting desires)
• कामदुघाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम-दुघ (समास; काम + √दुह् ‘to milk’ → ‘yielding’)

• भवन्तु: let them be / may they become
• भवन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• एनीः: the ‘Enī’ (doe-like) ones
• एनीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘antelope/doe’ as a cow-name/epithet)

• श्येनीः: the ‘Śyenī’ (hawk-like) ones
• श्येनीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येनी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hawk/falcon’ as a cow-name/epithet)

• सरूपाः: similar-formed
• सरूपाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-रूप (समास; ‘having same form/appearance’)

• विरूपाः: varied-formed
• विरूपाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-रूप (समास; ‘of differing form/appearance’)

• तिलवत्साः: having sesame(-colored) calves / ‘Tilavatsā’ (named group)
• तिलवत्साः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: तिल-वत्स (समास; तिल + वत्स ‘calf’)

• उप: near, up to
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तिष्ठन्तु: let them stand / let them stay
• तिष्ठन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛmedha tradition

Devata: Pitṛs/Yama; kāmadughā dhenus as beneficent agencies

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta