Mantra 1

Sukta 86

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वृषकामना। वृषेन्द्रस्य वृषा दिवो वृषा पृथिव्या अयम्। वृषा विश्वस्य भूतस्य त्वमेकवृषो भव

IAST Transliteration

vṛ́ṣakāmanā | vṛ́ṣendrasya vṛ́ṣā divó vṛ́ṣā pṛthivyā́ ayám | vṛ́ṣā víśvasya bhūtásya tvám ekavṛ́ṣo bhava

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For the desire of manly power: Bull-like with bull-Indra, bull-like of Heaven, bull-like of Earth is this man. Bull-like of all that is begotten, do thou become the single Bull, pre-eminent.

Translation

ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਕਾਮਨਾ (ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਬਲ ਦੀ ਕਾਮਨਾ): ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ-ਸਮਾਨ ਇੰਦਰ ਵਾਂਗ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ, ਦਿਉ (ਆਕਾਸ਼) ਵਾਂਗ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ, ਪ੍ਰਿਥਵੀ ਵਾਂਗ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ—ਇਹ ਪੁਰਖ ਹੈ। ਸਭ ਭੂਤ-ਜਾਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ-ਸਮਾਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਤੂੰ ਇਕੋ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ, ਸਰਵੋਤਮ ਬਣ।

Word by Word

• वृषेन्द्रस्य: of the bull-like Indra / of Bull-Indra
• वृषेन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; वृष + इन्द्र)

• वृषा: a bull; bull-like (mighty)
• वृषा: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (predicative nominative)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: of heaven
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव् ‘heaven’)

• वृषा: a bull; mighty one
• वृषा: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (predicative nominative)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: कर्ता (subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषा: a bull; mighty one
• वृषा: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (predicative nominative)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वस्य: of all, of the whole
• विश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतस्य: of what has become; of all beings/that exists
• भूतस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (past participial)
• Root: भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भू ‘to be’ + क्त)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एकवृषः: the sole bull; the one supreme mighty one
• एकवृषः: कर्तृ-विशेषण / विधेय (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: एकवृष (प्रातिपदिक; एक + वृष)

• भव: be; become
• भव: क्रिया (imperative predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (verify via anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra (as Vṛṣan); also the empowered human recipient as ritual ‘devatā’-focus

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by scansion)

Mantra Rasa

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