Mantra 4

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र यदेते प्रतरं पूर्व्यं गुः सदःसद आतिष्ठन्तो अजुर्यम्। कविः शुषस्य मातरा रिहाणे जाम्यै धुर्यं पतिमेरयेथाम्

IAST Transliteration

prá yád eté prataráṃ pū́rvyaṃ gúḥ sádaḥ-sada ā́tiṣṭhanto ajúryam | kavíḥ śúṣasya mātárā rihāṇé jāmyaí dhuryáṃ pátim érayeथām |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When these went forth, more forward, in the ancient way, taking their stand from seat to seat upon the undecaying—(then) the Seer: the two Mothers, licking the young, should impel for the kinsman the lord fit for the yoke.

Translation

当这些依古道更向前行，立足于那不朽者之上，从座至座而安住之时——先见者啊：两位母亲舔舐幼子，应为同族之人催发那位堪受轭的主宰，使之奋起。

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

यत्which, that which

एतेthese (ones)

प्रातरम्early, in the morning

पूर्व्यम्former, ancient

गुःthey have gone

सदःthe seat, assembly-hall

सदःthe seat (again: the assembly)

आunto, towards

तिष्ठन्तःstanding, taking their stand

अजुर्यम्unaging, undecaying

कविःthe seer, poet

शुषस्यof the dry one / of drought

मातरौthe two mothers

रिहाणेlicking, lapping

जाम्यैfor kinship/for what is of the same stock

धुर्यम्fit for the yoke, to be yoked

पतिम्lord, husband

ईरयेथाम्you two should set in motion / impel

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī / paired Mothers; household ‘pati’ as beneficiary

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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