Atharva Veda 5.25.7: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 25, Mantra 7

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गर्भो॑ अ॒स्योष॑धीनां॒ गर्भो॒ वन॒स्पती॑नाम्। गर्भो॒ विश्व॑स्य भू॒तस्य॒ सो अ॑ग्ने॒ गर्भ॒मेह धाः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.25.7

IAST Transliteration

gárbho así oṣadhī́nāṁ gárbho vanaspátīnā́m | gárbho víśvasya bhū́tasya sá agne gárbham ihá dhāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art the embryo of the herbs, the embryo of the forest-trees; the embryo of all that is—so, Agni, set thou the embryo here.

Translation

ท่านคือครรภ์แห่งสมุนไพรทั้งหลาย คือครรภ์แห่งพฤกษาในป่า คือครรภ์แห่งสรรพสิ่งทั้งปวง—ดังนั้น อัคนี (Agni) เอ๋ย จงตั้งครรภ์นี้ไว้ ณ ที่นี้เถิด

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Word by Word

• गर्भः: embryo; womb; source
• गर्भः: Kartā (वाक्ये विधेय-रूपेण) / विषयः
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) < √गॄभ्/गर्भ् (ग्रहण/धारण-अर्थे; व्युत्पत्त्यनुसार) अथवा नामधातु

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधीनाम्: of the herbs
• ओषधीनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भः: (is) the source/womb
• गर्भः: Kartā / विषयः
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वनस्पतीनाम्: of the forest-lords; trees
• वनस्पतीनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भः: (is) the source/womb
• गर्भः: Kartā / विषयः
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वस्य: of all; of the whole
• विश्वस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (भूतस्य) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतस्य: of what has come to be; of all beings
• भूतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भू + क्त)

• सः: he; that one
• सः: Kartā (धाः इत्यस्य) / विषयः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भम्: the embryo; the womb (as object)
• गर्भम्: Karma (धाः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (देश/स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• धाः: place; establish; put
• धाः: Kriyā (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain without anukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Agni (as Garbha, universal generative principle)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta