Mantra 8
Sukta 10
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
(१३) ओषधीरेव रथन्तरेण देवा अदुह्रन् व्यचो बृहता
IAST Transliteration
óṣadhī́r iva rathantaráeṇa devā́ aduhran vyáco bṛhatā́
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
As one milks herbs, so with Rathantara the Gods milked forth Vyac, with Bṛhat.
Translation
如同挤取药草之乳一般，诸神以 Rathantara 挤出 Vyac，以 Bṛhat（相辅）而成。
Word by Word
ओषधीःherbs, medicinal plants
ओषधीः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
रथन्तरेणwith/by the Rathantara (Sāman)
रथन्तरेण:
करण
TypeNoun (name of a Sāman/chant)
Rootरथन्तर- (प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
अदुह्रन्they milked/drew out
अदुह्रन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदुह् (धातु) ‘दोहने’
व्यचःwide expanse; (here) the broad (milk/essence)
व्यचः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootव्यचस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहताwith the great/lofty (one); by the great (means)
बृहता:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त्- (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa milieu (hymn-level attribution variable)
Devata: Vyac (personified pervasion/power), supported by Sāman-forms; implicitly Vāc/Bráhman
Chandas: Mantric prose/triṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent)
Mantra Rasa
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