Atharva Veda 3.28.4: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 4

Sukta 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒ह पुष्टि॑रि॒ह रस॑ इ॒ह स॒हस्र॑सातमा भव । प॒शून् य॑मिनि पोषय

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.28.4

IAST Transliteration

ihá púṣṭir ihá rása ihá sahásra-sātamā bhava | paśū́n yamini poṣaya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Here be Prosperity; here be vital Sap; here become thou the most thousand-winning. O Yamini, nourish thou the cattle.

Translation

ఇక్కడే పుష్టి కలుగుగాక; ఇక్కడే రసం (జీవరసం) కలుగుగాక; ఇక్కడే నీవు సహస్ర-సాతమ (వెయ్యి విజయాలు/లాభాలు ఇచ్చేది) అవు. ఓ యమిని, నీవు పశువులను పోషించు.

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Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• पुष्टिः: nourishment, prosperity
• पुष्टिः: कर्तृ (अस्ति/भवतु इत्यर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्टि- (स्त्री; √पुष् ‘पोषणे’)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• रसः: sap, essence; vitality
• रसः: कर्तृ (अस्ति/भवतु इत्यर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस- (पुं)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• सहस्रसातमा: most winning/bringing thousands (very bountiful)
• सहस्रसातमा: कर्तृ-विशेषण (भव इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रसातम- (विशेषण; सहस्र + सातम ‘सातम/सातक’ इत्यादि; अतिशयार्थे)

• भव: be; become
• भव: (आज्ञा) क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• पशून्: cattle, livestock
• पशून्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु- (पुं)

• यमिनि: O Yamini (Night / a named feminine power)
• यमिनि: सम्बोधन (कर्तृ-प्रेरणायाम्)
• Type: Noun (vocative/locative form as transmitted)
• Root: यमि- (स्त्री; ‘यमिनी’ रात्रिः) / यमिन्- (सम्बोधन/अधिकरण-रूपेण)

• पोषय: nourish; make thrive
• पोषय: (आज्ञा) क्रिया; कर्म = पशून्
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पुष् (पोषणे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-family attribution uncertain in this excerpt)

Devata: Puṣṭi/Rasa; addressed agent ‘Yamini’

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; pāda-structure consistent with AV anuṣṭubh usage)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: shanta