Atharva Veda 6.11.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 3

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र॒जाप॑ति॒रनु॑मतिः सिनीवा॒ल्यऽचीक्लृपत्। स्त्रषू॑यम॒न्यत्र॒ दध॒त् पुंमां॑समु दधदि॒ह

IAST Transliteration

prajā́patir ánumatiḥ sinīvālī́ ’cīklṛpat | strāṣūyám anyátra dádhat puṁmā́ṁsam úd dadhad ihá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Prajāpati, Anumati, Sinīvālī have ordered it aright: setting womanhood elsewhere, they here set up and bring forth the male.

Translation

Prajāpati, Anumati, Sinīvālī prawidłowo to ustanowili: kobiectwo umieszczając gdzie indziej, tutaj stawiają i wydobywają to, co męskie.

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Word by Word

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुमतिः: Anumati (goddess of consent/assent)
• अनुमतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुमति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिनीवाली: Sinīvālī (goddess associated with new-moon/childbearing)
• सिनीवाली: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिनीवाली (प्रातिपदिक)

• अचीक्लृपत्: has arranged / has made ready
• अचीक्लृपत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप् (कॢप्/कॢप्) ‘to arrange, make fit, prepare’

• स्त्रषूयम्: woman-desire / lust
• स्त्रषूयम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रषूय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘strīṣūya’ = desire for women / woman-seeking)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र

• दधत्: placing / putting
• दधत्: कर्तृ (कृदन्त-कर्तृभाव) / क्रियाविशेषणभाव
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √धा ‘to put, place’

• पुमांसम्: a man / male
• पुमांसम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: and / indeed
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: उ

• दधत: they place / they put
• दधत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा ‘to put, place’

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic tradition (not explicit here).

Devata: Prajāpati with Anumati and Sinīvālī.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta