Mantra 3

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् प्राण स्तनयित्नुनाभिक्रन्दत्योषधीः । प्र वीयन्ते गर्भान् दधतेऽथो बह्वीर्वि जायन्ते

IAST Transliteration

yát prāṇá stanayitnúnābhikŕandaty óṣadhīḥ | prá vī́yante gárbhān dadhaté ’thó bahvī́r ví jāyante ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When Prāṇa, with thunder for his fellow, crieth aloud upon the Herbs, then do they spread forth; they take to them the embryos, and, moreover, many are they that are born abroad.

Translation

ଯେତେବେଳେ ପ୍ରାଣ, ଗର୍ଜନ (ସ୍ତନୟିତ୍ନୁ)କୁ ସହଚର କରି, ଔଷଧୀମାନଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଉଚ୍ଚ ସ୍ୱରେ ଗର୍ଜେ, ସେତେବେଳେ ସେମାନେ ପ୍ରସାରିତ ହୋଇ ଉଦ୍ଭିଦିତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି; ସେମାନେ ଗର୍ଭକୁ ଧାରଣ କରନ୍ତି, ଏବଂ ଅଧିକରେ ଅନେକ ସବୁଦିଗରେ ଜନ୍ମ ନେଉଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

यत्when/that which

प्राणःthe vital breath (Prāṇa)

स्तनयित्नुनाwith thunder

अभिक्रन्दतिcries out/roars upon

ओषधीःthe herbs/plants

प्रforth, forward

वीयन्तेare driven/are set in motion (spread forth)

गर्भान्embryos/offspring

दधतेthey place/hold; they conceive

अथोand also/then too

बह्वीःmany (fem.)

विapart, widely

जायन्तेare born/come into being

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition attributes the Prāṇa-hymns to seers in the Atharvan/Āṅgirasa milieu (Prāṇa-stuti complex).

Devata: Prāṇa (vital breath), with thunder/rain as its operative manifestation

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section; metrical exactness may vary by pāda in AV transmission)

Mantra Rasa

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