Atharva Veda 7.90.3: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 90, Mantra 3
Sukta 90
यथा॒ शेपो॑ अ॒पाया॑तै स्त्री॒षु चास॒दना॑वयाः । अ॒व॒स्थस्य॑ क्न॒दीव॑तः शाङ्-कु॒रस्य॑ नितो॒दिनः॑ । यदात॑त॒मव॒ तत् त॑नु॒ यदुत्त॑तं॒ नि तत् त॑नु
yáthā śépo apā́yātai strī́ṣu cāsadánāvayāḥ | avasthásya knadī́vataḥ śāṅkurásya nitodínaḥ | yád ā́tatam áva tát tanú yád úttatam ní tát tanú
Even as the virile member may pass away from women, together with the hindrance to approach—of the standing, the oozing, the sprout-like, the piercing one—what is stretched out, that do thou let down; what is lifted up, that do thou set down.
جیسے مردانہ عضو عورتوں سے چلا جائے، قربت کی رکاوٹ کے ساتھ، کھڑے ہوئے، بہتے ہوئے، پودے جیسے، چبھنے والے کا، جو پھیلا ہوا ہے اسے نیچے کرو، جو اٹھا ہوا ہے اسے بٹھاؤ۔
Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgiras-type attribution (book-level tradition; specific r̥ṣi uncertain without padānukramaṇī citation)
Devata: Bodily function/organ-state (implicit); operative power of mantra (vac) rather than a named deity
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Atharvanic medical verses often deviate from strict RV meters)
Primary: karuna
Secondary: shanta
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