Mantra 20

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आस्नस्ते गाथा अभवन्नुष्णिहाभ्यो बलं वशे । पाजस्याऽज्जज्ञे यज्ञ स्तनेभ्यो रश्मयस्तव

IAST Transliteration

āsnás te gā́thā abhavann uṣṇíhābhyo bálaṃ vaśe | pā́jasyāj jajñe yájña stánébhyó raśmáyas táva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy mouth the songs came into being; from the Uṣṇihs, O Vasā, strength. From fiery vigor the sacrifice was born; from thy breasts, thy rays (of power) issued.

Translation

Da tua boca nasceram os cânticos; dos metros Uṣṇih, ó Vasā, a força. Do vigor ardente nasceu o sacrifício (yajña); dos teus seios irromperam os teus raios de poder.

Word by Word

• आस्नः: of (your) mouth/face (i.e., from the mouth)
• आस्नः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्न (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मुख/आसन’ इत्यर्थे)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गाथाः: songs, chants
• गाथाः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाथा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभवन्: became, came to be
• अभवन्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• उष्णिहाभ्यः: from the Uṣṇih (metres)
• उष्णिहाभ्यः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्णिह् (छन्दस्-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)

• बलम्: strength, power
• बलम्: कर्म/विषय (object/that which is obtained)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)

• वशे: in control, in mastery
• वशे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाजस्यात्: from might/brightness
• पाजस्यात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाजस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तेजस्/बल’)

• जज्ञे: was born, arose
• जज्ञे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)

• यज्ञः: the sacrifice
• यज्ञः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तनेभ्यः: from the breasts/udders
• स्तनेभ्यः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन (प्रातिपदिक)

• रश्मयः: rays, reins, beams
• रश्मयः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (etiological)

Devata: Vasā; secondarily Chandas (Uṣṇih) and Yajña

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with explicit reference to Uṣṇih as a metrical source)

Mantra Rasa

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