Mantra 2

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि द्विवृषोऽसि सृजारसोऽसि

IAST Transliteration

yádi dví-vṛṣó ’ási sṛjá-rasó ’ási

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If thou be of twofold bull-strength, if thou be of streaming sap—(so be it).

Translation

若汝具双重公牛之力，若汝为流注之精髓——愿如是成就。

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya)

• द्विवृषः: twofold-bull/possessing two bulls; doubly virile
• द्विवृषः: Kartā (predicate-nominative describing the subject 'you')
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: द्वि- + वृष (prātipadika: वृष 'bull/virile one')

• असि: you are
• असि: — (copula linking subject with predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• सृजारसः: sap/juice-emitting; one who releases vital sap
• सृजारसः: Kartā (predicate-nominative describing the subject 'you')
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सृज् (prātipadika; lit. 'letting-flow/issuing') + रस (रस 'sap/juice')

• असि: you are
• असि: — (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution for AV 5.16 not provided in the excerpt)

Devata: The charm-substance itself (dravya as devatā: vṛṣa-force and rasa-essence personified)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (short identification formula); exact meter requires full hymn context.

Mantra Rasa

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