Atharva Veda 5.16.6: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 6

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि॑ षड्-वृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.16.6

IAST Transliteration

yádi ṣáḍ-vṛṣó ’ási sṛjá-rasó ’ási

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If thou be of sixfold bull-strength, if thou be of streaming sap—(so be it).

Translation

నీవు షడ్-వృష (ఆరుగుణ వృష-శక్తి) కలవాడవైతే, నీవు సృజా-రస (ప్రవహించే రసం) కలవాడవైతే—(అలానే కావుగాక).

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Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya-prātipadika)

• षड्वृषः: (you) are the ‘six-bull’ (i.e., having six bulls / very potent)
• षड्वृषः: Kartā (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: षड् (संख्या) + वृष (प्रātipadika: ‘bull/virile one’)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• सृजारसः: (you) are sap-producing / having flowing juice
• सृजारसः: Kartā (of ‘असि’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound)
• Root: सृज् (प्रātipadika/कृदन्त-आधार: ‘flowing/issuing’) + रस (प्रātipadika: ‘sap, juice, essence’)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Charm-substance as empowered protector/healer

Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira