Atharva Veda 10.2.3: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 3

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चतु॑ष्टयं युज्यते॒ संहि॑तान्तं॒ जानु॑भ्यामू॒र्ध्वं शि॑थि॒रं कब॑न्धम्। श्रोणी॒ यदू॒रू क उ॒ तज्ज॑जान याभ्यां॒ कुसि॑न्धं॒ सुदृ॑ढं ब॒भूव॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 10.2.3

IAST Transliteration

catúṣṭayaṁ yujyate sáṁhitāntaṁ jānúbʰyām ūrdʰváṁ śitʰiráṁ kabándʰam | śróṇī yád ūrū́ ká u táj jajāna yā́bʰyāṁ kúsindʰaṁ sudṛ́ḍʰaṁ babʰū́va

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A fourfold set is joined, ending in a junction; upward from the knees the pliant trunk. The hips—those thighs—who, indeed, produced that, by which the pelvis-seat became exceeding firm?

Translation

Czteroczłonowy zestaw jest złączony, kończący się w złączeniu; ku górze od kolan giętki tułów. Biodra, te uda, kto, zaprawdę, je stworzył, dzięki czemu siedzisko miednicy stało się bardzo mocne?

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Word by Word

• चतुष्टयम्: a set of four, a quartet
• चतुष्टयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुष्टय (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर्-आधारित)

• युज्यते: is yoked/put together, is joined
• युज्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (युजिर् योगे)

• संहितान्तम्: having the end joined/connected; with the ends in conjunction
• संहितान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहितान्त (प्रातिपदिक; संहिता + अन्त)

• जानुभ्याम्: with/by the two knees
• जानुभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्ध्वम्: upwards, above
• ऊर्ध्वम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिथिरम्: loose, slack
• शिथिरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिथिर (प्रातिपदिक)

• कबन्धम्: trunk/body (headless/torso)
• कबन्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोणी: the hip/pelvis
• श्रोणी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोणी (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• ऊरू: the two thighs
• ऊरू: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• कः: who?
• कः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम)

• उ: indeed/then (emphatic particle)
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

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

• जजान: begot/produced
• जजान: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जनने)

• याभ्याम्: with/by which two
• याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कुसिन्धम्: the loins/waist (hip-joint region)
• कुसिन्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुसिन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदृढम्: very firm, well-fastened
• सुदृढम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदृढ (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + दृढ)

• बभूव: became, came to be
• बभूव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (भवति)

Attribution

Rishi: As above (to be verified by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Puruṣa / divine makers (implicit).

Chandas: Irregular; triṣṭubh-like (verification needed).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta