Mantra 9

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि जिहीष्व बार्हत्सामे गर्भस्ते योनिमा शयाम्। अदुष्टे देवाः पुत्रं सोमपा उभयाविनम्

IAST Transliteration

ví jihīṣva bārhatsāme gárbhas té yóniṁ ā́ śayām | áduṣṭe devā́ḥ putráṁ somapā́ ubhayā́vinam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Open thou forth, O Bārhat-sāman: may thine embryo lie down within the womb. O unhurt one, may the Soma-drinking gods (grant) a son, endowed with both prosperities.

Translation

Hãy mở ra, hỡi Bārhat-sāman; nguyện thai của ngươi nằm yên trong yoni (ครรภ์). Hỡi đấng không bị tổn hại, nguyện các thần uống Soma ban cho một con trai, đầy đủ cả hai sự thịnh vượng.

Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder (intensifier/prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• जिहीष्व: seek to abandon / drive away!
• जिहीष्व: (implicit) Kartā = addressed person
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (जहाति) / desiderative stem जिहीष-

• बार्हत्सामे: O Bārhat-sāman (chant/one connected with the Bṛhat-sāman)
• बार्हत्सामे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बार्हत्सामन् (prātipadika)

• गर्भः: the embryo, fetus
• गर्भः: Kartā (of ‘lies’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (prātipadika)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (pronominal base)

• योनिम्: womb, place of birth
• योनिम्: Karma (goal/object with motion/placement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (prātipadika)

• आ: towards, into
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• शयाम्: may lie / let (it) lie
• शयाम्: Kriyā (verbal action); Kartā = गर्भः
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शी (शेते) / Vedic injunctive/optative-type form

• अदुष्टे: O uninjured/undefiled one
• अदुष्टे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदुष्ट (a- + दुष्ट, PPP of √दुष्)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā (of ‘(give/secure)’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (prātipadika)

• सोमपाः: Soma-drinkers
• सोमपाः: Kartā (apposition to देवाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमपा (soma- + √पा ‘drink’ → ‘soma-drinker’)

• उभयाविनम्: endowed with both (kinds of) prosperity/advantages
• उभयाविनम्: Viśeṣaṇa of Karma (qualifier of ‘son’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभयाविन् (prātipadika; ‘having both/possessing both sides/advantages’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain without anukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Bārhat-sāman (personified), and the Soma-drinking gods collectively

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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