Mantra 12

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मादश्वा अजायन्त ये च के चोभयादतः । गावो ह जज्ञिरे तस्मात् तस्माज्जाता अजावयः

IAST Transliteration

tásmād áśvā ajāyanta yé ca ké cobhayā́-dataḥ | gā́vo ha jajñire tásmāt tásmāj jātā́ ajāváyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From that were Horses born, and all that have two rows of teeth; Cows verily from that were born; from that, from that sprang Goats and Sheep.

Translation

అదినుండే అశ్వాలు పుట్టాయి; రెండు వరుసల పళ్ళు గల సమస్త జీవులు (ఉభయాదతః) కూడా అదినుండే. అదినుండే నిజంగా గోవులు జన్మించాయి; అదినుండే, అదినుండే అజా-అవి—మేకలు మరియు గొర్రెలు—పుట్టాయి.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that (source/therefrom)
• तस्मात्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजायन्त: were born / came into being
• अजायन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जने) / √जन् (प्रादुर्भावे)

• ये: which / who
• ये: कर्तृ (विशेषण-सम्बन्धः ‘अश्वाः’ प्रति)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• के: some / any
• के: कर्तृ (समुच्चितः ‘ये’ सह)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• उभयादतः: having teeth on both sides (i.e., with both sets of teeth)
• उभयादतः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: उभय (प्रातिपदिक) + दत (प्रातिपदिक, ‘दन्त’/‘दत्’ = tooth) → समासः

• गावः: cows
• गावः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed / surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• जज्ञिरे: were born / have arisen
• जज्ञिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जने)

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: √जन् → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, भूतकृदन्तः/क्त)

• अजावयः: goats and sheep
• अजावयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक) + अवि (प्रातिपदिक) → द्वन्द्व-समासः

Attribution

Rishi: Puruṣa-sūkta transmission line

Devata: Puruṣa/Yajña as generative source; implicitly Paśu (cattle) as produced beings

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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