Mantra 17

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्ते प्लाशिर्यो वनिष्ठुर्यौ कुक्षी यच्च चर्म ते । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु

IAST Transliteration

yás te plāśír yó vaniṣṭhúr yaú kukṣī́ yác ca cárma te | āmíkṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātré kṣīráṃ sarpír átho mádhu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thy spleen, thy bladder, thy two flanks, and thy skin—let these milk into the vessel clotted milk: milk, and ghee, and honey besides.

Translation

ତୋର ପ୍ଲାଶି (ପ୍ଲୀହା), ତୋର ବନିଷ୍ଠୁ (ମୂତ୍ରାଶୟ), ତୋର ଦୁଇ କୂକ୍ଷି (ପାର୍ଶ୍ୱ) ଏବଂ ତୋର ଚର୍ମ (ତ୍ୱଚା)—ଏସବୁ ଦୋହି ପାତ୍ରରେ ଆମିକ୍ଷା (ଜମା ଦୁଧ) ଝରୁ; ଦୁଧ, ଘିଅ ଏବଂ ସହିତ ମଧୁ ମଧ୍ୟ।

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• प्लाशिः: (your) palāśa-wood implement/part
• प्लाशिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लाशि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्लाश’/‘पलाश’सम्बद्धः)

• यः: which/who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वनिष्ठुः: (your) wooden/forest-made implement (vaniṣṭhu-)
• वनिष्ठुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनिष्ठु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: which/who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कुक्षी: the two flanks/bellies
• कुक्षी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुक्षि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• चर्म: skin/hide
• चर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• आमिक्षाम्: curdled milk/curds-mixture (āmikṣā)
• आमिक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिक्षा- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुह्रताम्: of those who milk (cows)
• दुह्रताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb-derived (participle)
• Root: दुह् (धातु) → दुह्रत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वर्तमान-प्रत्ययवत्)

• दात्रे: to the giver/donor
• दात्रे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्पिः: ghee
• सर्पिः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also/then
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (निपात; अथ + उ)

• मधु: honey/sweet drink
• मधु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.

Devata: Cow as bearer of fluid-wealth (payas) and protective covering (carma).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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