Atharva Veda 3.23.2: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 2

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ ते॒ योनिं॒ गर्भ॑ एतु॒ पुमा॒न् बाण॑ इवेषु॒धिम्। आ वी॒रोऽत्र॑ जायतां पु॒त्रस्ते॒ दश॑मास्यः

IAST Transliteration

ā́ te yóniṃ gárbha etu pumā́n bā́ṇa ivéṣudhím | ā́ vīró ’trá jāyatāṃ putrás te dáśa-māsyaḥ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Into thy womb let the embryo come, a male, as an arrow into the quiver. Here let a hero be born—a son to thee, of ten months’ bearing.

Translation

ขอให้ตัวอ่อนเข้าสู่ครรภ์ของท่าน เป็นเพศชาย ดุจลูกศรเข้าสู่แล่งศร ณ ที่นี้ขอให้วีรบุรุษถือกำเนิด—เป็นบุตรของท่าน ผู้ครบสิบเดือนในครรภ์

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor) / relation
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) / tvad (2nd pers. pronoun)

• योनिम्: womb, place of origin
• योनिम्: कर्म (goal/object of motion) / karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक) / yoni

• गर्भः: embryo, fetus
• गर्भः: कर्तृ (agent) / kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) / garbha

• एतु: let (him/it) go/come
• एतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) / i ‘to go’

• पुमान्: a male
• पुमान्: कर्तृ (apposition to गर्भः) / kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक) / pumāṃs

• बाणः: arrow
• बाणः: उपमान (simile term) / comparative
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक) / bāṇa

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात) / iva

• इषुधिम्: quiver
• इषुधिम्: कर्म (goal/object of motion) / karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषुधि (प्रातिपदिक) / iṣudhi

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• वीरः: hero; (here) male child
• वीरः: कर्तृ / kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक) / vīra

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: अधिकरण (location) / adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय) / atra

• जायताम्: let (him/them) be born
• जायताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) / jan ‘to be born, arise’

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: कर्तृ (apposition to वीरः) / kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) / putra

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor) / relation
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) / tvad

• दशमास्यः: of ten months (full-term)
• दशमास्यः: कर्तृ-विशेषण / qualifier of agent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश-मास्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक) / daśa-māsya

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic seers (traditional attribution)

Devata: Garbha (embryo) / Prajā (progeny) as operative power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: shanta