Mantra 26

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उलूखले मुसले यश्च चर्मणि यो वा शूर्पे तण्डुलः कणः । यं वा वातो मातरिश्वा पवमानो ममाथाग्निष्टद्धोता सुहुतं कृणोतु

IAST Transliteration

ulū́khale musále yáś ca cármaṇi yó vā śū́rpe taṇḍuláḥ káṇaḥ | yáṃ vā vā́to mātáriśvā pavámāno mamā́thā́gnís tád dhótā suhútaṃ kṛṇotu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whether in the mortar, with the pestle, and whether upon the hide, or in the winnowing-basket, be it rice-grain or kernel—what the Wind, Mātariśvan, purifying, hath crushed and made ready, that let Agni, as Hotṛ, make well-offered.

Translation

ଉଲୂଖଳରେ, ମୁସଳ ସହ, କିମ୍ବା ଚର୍ମ ଉପରେ, କିମ୍ବା ଶୂର୍ପ (ଛାଜ)ରେ—ଅରୁଆ ଚାଉଳର ଦାଣା ହେଉ କି କଣ—ପବମାନ ମାତରିଶ୍ୱା-ବାୟୁ ଯାହାକୁ କୁଟି ଶୁଦ୍ଧ କରି ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ କରିଛି, ତାହାକୁ ଅଗ୍ନି ହୋତୃରୂପେ ସୁହୁତ (ସୁନିୟମିତ ଭାବେ ଅର୍ପିତ) କରୁ।

Word by Word

• उलूखले: in/at the mortar
• उलूखले: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूखल (प्रातिपदिक)

• मुसले: in/at the pestle
• मुसले: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• चर्मणि: on/in the hide (leather)
• चर्मणि: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• शूर्पे: in/at the winnowing-basket
• शूर्पे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• तण्डुलः: a grain of rice (husked)
• तण्डुलः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डुल (प्रातिपदिक)

• कणः: a particle/grain
• कणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण (प्रातिपदिक)

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• वातः: the wind
• वातः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)

• मातरिश्वा: Mātariśvan (wind/fire-bringer)
• मातरिश्वा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (Proper/Deity)
• Root: मातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; वायु-देवता)

• पवमानः: purifying; blowing/streaming
• पवमानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: पवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू/√पु ‘to purify, blow’)

• ममाथ: has churned/has stirred
• ममाथ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मथ् (धातु)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest
• होता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुहुतम्: well-offered (oblation)
• सुहुतम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सुहुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सु- + √हु ‘to offer’)

• कृणोतु: may (he) make/perform
• कृणोतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Hymn-tradition attribution variable (Atharvanic corpus).

Devata: Mātariśvan (purifying wind) and Agni (as Hotṛ)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (verification needed).

Mantra Rasa

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