Mantra 57

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इमा नारीरविधवाः सुपत्नीराञ्जनेन सर्पिषा सं स्पृशन्ताम्। अनश्रवो अनमीवाः सुरत्ना आ रोहन्तु जनयो योनिमग्रे

IAST Transliteration

imā́ nā́rīr avidhávāḥ supátnīr ā́ñjanena sarpíṣā sáṃ spṛśantām | anaśrávo anamī́vāḥ surátnā ā́ róhantu jánayo yónim ágre ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let these women, unwidowed, good wives, with collyrium and with ghee make full anointing-touch. Of stainless fame, free from disease, rich in fair treasure, let the mothers mount the womb, in the foremost place.

Translation

愿这些女子不为寡居，皆为善妻；以安阇那（añjana，眼膏）与酥油（sarpis）作充足的涂抹与触抚。愿诸母亲名声无瑕、无病无灾、富有善宝，登上子宫之处，居于最前。

Word by Word

इमाःthese

नारीःwomen

अविधवाःnot widowed

सुपत्न्यःhaving good husbands

अञ्जनेनwith collyrium/ointment

सर्पिषाwith ghee

सम्together, completely

स्पृशन्ताम्let them touch/apply

अनश्रवःof good repute / not ill-famed

अनमीवाःfree from disease

सुरत्नाःhaving good treasures/wealth

आtowards, up to

रोहन्तुlet them ascend/enter

जनयःthe mothers/women

योनिम्the womb/bed (place of conception)

अग्रेin front/first, beforehand

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic tradition

Devata: Saubhāgya/Śrī-like auspiciousness embodied in substances; women as ritual subjects

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (as transmitted)

Mantra Rasa

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