Mantra 23

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जनित्रीव प्रति हर्यासि सूनुं सं त्वा दधामि पृथिवीं पृथिव्या। उखा कुम्भी वेद्यां मा व्यथिष्ठा यज्ञायुधैराज्येनातिषक्ता

IAST Transliteration

janitrī́va práti haryāsi sūnúṃ sáṃ tvā́ dadhāmi pṛthivī́ṃ pṛthivyā́ | ukhā́ kumbhī́ vedyā́ṃ mā́ vyathíṣṭhā yajñāyúdhair ā́jyénā́tiṣaktā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As a mother, thou bearest the offspring forth: I set thee fast—Earth upon Earth. O ukhā, O cooking-pot, upon the altar be not shaken; with the sacrificial implements, with ghee, be thou made firmly adherent.

Translation

ਜਿਵੇਂ ਮਾਂ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਨੂੰ ਅੱਗੇ ਲਿਆਉਂਦੀ ਹੈ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਤੂੰ ਸੰਤਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈਂ; ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਥਿਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ—ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਧਰਤੀ। ਹੇ ਉਖਾ, ਹੇ ਕੁੰਭੀ, ਵੇਦੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਨਾ ਡੋਲੀਂ; ਯਜ्ञ ਦੇ ਆਯੁਧਾਂ ਨਾਲ, ਆਜ੍ਯ (ਘਿਉ) ਨਾਲ, ਤੂੰ ਪੱਕੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਚਿਪਕੀ ਰਹੁ।

Word by Word

जनित्रीthe begetter/mother (producer)

इवlike, as

प्रतिtowards, in return

हर्यासिyou carry/bring

सूनुम्son, offspring

सम्together, completely

त्वाyou

दधामिI place, I set

पृथिवीम्the earth

पृथिव्याःof the earth

उखाO ukhā-pot (fire-pan/ritual vessel)

कुम्भीO pot, jar

वेद्याम्on the altar

माdo not

व्यथिष्ठाःbe disturbed/shake

यज्ञायुधैःwith the implements/weapons of sacrifice

आज्येनwith ghee

अतिषक्ताwell-attached/firmly fastened

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Pṛthivī-sūkta transmission (seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions for AV 12.3).

Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) and the consecrated vessel as ritual locus; implicitly Agni in the ukhā.

Chandas: Mixed/triṣṭubh-jagatī tendencies in the Pṛthivī-hymn section (edition-dependent); this verse scans as a longer pāda-type rather than strict anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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