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Atharva Veda 4.21.6: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 6

Sukta 21

यू॒यं गा॑वो मेदयथ कृ॒शं चि॑दश्री॒रं चि॑त् कृणुथा सु॒प्रती॑कम्। भ॒द्रं गृ॒हं कृ॑णुथ भद्रवाचो बृ॒हद् वो॒ वय॑ उच्यते स॒भासु॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.21.6

yūyáṃ gā́vo medayatha kr̥śáṃ cíd aśrīráṃ cít kr̥ṇutha suprátīkam | bhadráṃ gr̥háṃ kr̥ṇutha bhadravā́co br̥hád vo váya ucyate sabhā́su ||

Ye Cows, make ye the lean one fat; yea, even the luckless make ye of fair aspect. Make ye the house auspicious, of auspicious speech: great is your life-giving power, so is it proclaimed in the assemblies.

你们,母牛啊,使瘦弱者得以丰腴;甚至使不幸者也变得容光端正。使家宅吉祥,使言语吉祥:你们赐生的力量广大无比——在会众之中亦如此宣告。

यूयम्you (all)
यूयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
गावःcows
गावः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो
मेfor me / to me
मे:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
मेदयथyou make fat / you nourish
मेदयथ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमेदय्
कृशम्lean (one)
कृशम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootकृश
चित्even
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootचित्
अश्रीरम्even the ill-favoured / lacking beauty
अश्रीरम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-श्रीर (श्रीर) / अ-श्री
चित्even
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootचित्
कृणुथyou make
कृणुथ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
सुप्रतीकम्handsome / of good appearance
सुप्रतीकम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-प्रतीक
भद्रम्auspicious
भद्रम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र
गृहम्house
गृहम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगृह
कृणुथyou make
कृणुथ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
भद्रवाचः(you) of auspicious speech
भद्रवाचः:
कर्तृ (सम्बोधनार्थे/विशेषणरूपेण) तथा ‘यूयम्/गावः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi) / Noun-like adjective
Rootभद्र-वाच्
बृहत्great
बृहत्:
कर्तृ (उच्यते इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त्
वःyour
वः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
वयःvigour / vitality (lit. life-force)
वयः:
कर्तृ (उच्यते इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस्
उच्यतेis called / is spoken of
उच्यते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
सभासुin assemblies
सभासु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसभा

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attributed within AV ancillary tradition; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Gāvaḥ (Cows) as prosperity-bearing powers

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (AV mixed meters; requires pada-count verification by recension tables)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: shringara

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