Atharva Veda 6.72.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 72, Mantra 3

Sukta 72

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या॒व॒द॒ङ्गीनं॒ पार॑स्वतं॒ हास्ति॑नं॒ गार्द॑भं च॒ यत्। याव॒दश्वस्य वा॒जिन॒स्ताव॑त् ते वर्धतां॒ पसः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.72.3

IAST Transliteration

yā́vad-aṅgī́naṃ pā́rasvataṃ hā́stinaṃ gā́rdabhaṃ ca yát | yā́vad aśvásya vājínas tā́vat te vardhatāṃ pásas ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

So far as reaches the full-limbed measure—Parasu-born, elephantine, asinine, whatsoever it be—so far as is the stallion’s vigorous might, to that extent let thy virile member wax.

Translation

เท่าที่มาตราวัดแห่งกายอันครบถ้วนจะเอื้อมถึง—จะว่าเกิดจากปารสุ หรือดุจช้าง ดุจลา หรือเป็นสิ่งใดก็ตาม—และเท่าที่พลังอันองอาจของม้าศึก (vājin) จะมีอยู่; ขอให้องคชาต (pásas) ของท่านเจริญงอกงามถึงเพียงนั้นเถิด.

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Word by Word

• यावत्: as far as; as much as
• यावत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक; यावत्-तावत्-सम्बन्ध) / यावद् (अव्यय)

• अङ्गीनम्: the ‘aṅgīna’ (a named being/animal; one having limbs)
• अङ्गीनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पारस्वतम्: Pārasvata (a named being/animal; of/related to Pārasvata)
• पारस्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• हास्तिनम्: elephant(-like); elephant
• हास्तिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हास्तिन (प्रातिपदिक; हस्तिन् ‘elephant’ से)

• गार्दभम्: donkey(-like); ass
• गार्दभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: गार्दभ (प्रातिपदिक; गर्दभ ‘donkey’ से)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• यत्: whatever; that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यावत्: as much as
• यावत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक; यावत्-तावत्-सम्बन्ध) / यावद् (अव्यय)

• अश्वस्य: of the horse
• अश्वस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिनः: of the swift/steed; of the racer
• वाजिनः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तावत्: so much; to that extent
• तावत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय; यावत्-तावत्-सम्बन्ध)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्धताम्: let (them) grow/increase
• वर्धताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)

• पसः: strengths; prosperities; powers
• पसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बल/पोष/समृद्धि’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input; commonly Atharvan/Angiras for such charms)

Devata: Pásas (virile power) / implicit vājá (strength) as the operative force

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short bipāda structure)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: vira