Mantra 11

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्वष्टः श्रेष्ठेन रूपेणास्या नार्या गवीन्योः । पुमांसं पुत्रमा धेहि दशमे मासि सूतवे

IAST Transliteration

tváṣṭaḥ śréṣṭhena rūpéṇāsyā́ nā́ryā gavīnyóḥ | púmāṃsaṃ putrám ā́ dhehi daśamé mā́si sūtáve ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Tvaṣṭṛ, with thy most excellent form, within this woman—these cow-like sources of increase—implant a manly son, that in the tenth month she may bring him forth.

Translation

ఓ త్వష్టృ! నీ శ్రేష్ఠతమ రూపంతో, ఈ స్త్రీలో—గోవులవంటి వృద్ధి-మూలాలలో—పౌరుషమున్న కుమారుణ్ని స్థాపించు; పదవ నెలలో ఆమె అతనిని ప్రసవించుగాక.

Word by Word

• त्वष्टः: of Tvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
• त्वष्टः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रेष्ठेन: with the best
• श्रेष्ठेन: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपेण: with form/appearance
• रूपेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्याः: of this (woman)
• अस्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नार्याः: of the woman
• नार्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)

• गवीन्योः: of/in the two gavīnyā (the pair; lit. ‘two cow(-like) ones’)
• गवीन्योः: सम्बन्ध/अधिकारण (contextual: ‘of/in the two gavīnyā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गवीन्य (प्रातिपदिक; dual form used for a pair, esp. ‘two cows’/‘cow-like pair’)

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

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; in (as preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• धेहि: place; implant; bestow
• धेहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति)

• दशमे: in the tenth
• दशमे: अधिकारण
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मासि: month
• मासि: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूतवे: for giving birth; for delivery
• सूतवे: सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (purpose)
• Type: Verbal noun (infinitive)
• Root: √सू (सवति/सूते) → सूतव (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; infinitival dative in -तवे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Tvaṣṭṛ

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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