Mantra 21

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition

Devata: Aśva/Prajāpati as generative bull-power (vṛṣan)

Chandas: Yajus (non-metrical/irregular)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत्स॑क्थ्या॒ अव॑ गु॒दं धे॑हि॒ सम॒ञ्जिं चा॑रया वृषन् । य स्त्री॒णां जी॑व॒भोज॑नः

Transliteration

utsákthyā áva gudáṃ dhehi samáñjiṃ cārayā vṛṣan | yáḥ strīṇā́ṃ jīvá-bhojanaḥ

Translation

จากต้นขาส่วนบน จงวางส่วนท้ายลง; โอ้พฤษภ จงทาและแผ่ขยายเครื่องเจิม (añji). ท่านคืออาหารหล่อเลี้ยงชีวิตของสตรีทั้งหลาย.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

उत्-सक्थ्याः । अव । गुदम् । धेहि । सम्-अञ्जिम् । चारय । वृषन् । यः । स्त्रीणाम् । जीव-भोजनः

Word by Word

• उत्सक्थ्याः: of the thighs/hip-region (i.e., pertaining to the upper legs)
• उत्सक्थ्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: उत्सक्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उत्-सक्थि’/‘सक्थि’ से व्युत्पन्न, ‘जंघा/ऊरु-प्रदेश से सम्बन्धित’)

• अव: down; away; off
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव

• गुदम्: the anus/rectum
• गुदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुद (प्रातिपदिक)

• धेहि: place; set; put
• धेहि: क्रिया (आज्ञा); कर्म = गुदम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• समञ्जिम्: proper arrangement/adjustment; fitting (order)
• समञ्जिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: समञ्जि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सम्-अञ्ज्’ से, ‘सम्यक्-अञ्जन/सम्यक्-व्यवस्था/सज्जा’ अर्थ)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चारय: cause to move; set in motion; make function
• चारय: क्रिया (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु; causative/णिच्: चारयति)

• वृषन्: O bull/virile one (mighty one)
• वृषन्: सम्बोधन (addressed agent)
• Type: Noun (Vocative epithet)
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• स्त्रीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीवभोजनः: one whose enjoyment/food is living beings; (here) one who lives on/feeds on women (i.e., sexually enjoys)
• जीवभोजनः: कर्तृ-विशेषण/प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध (predicate/epithet of यः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: जीव-भोजन (समास-प्रातिपदिक; जीव ‘living’ + भोजन ‘enjoyment/food’)

Entities Mentioned

• Prajāpati
• Aśva (as vṛṣan-bhava)