Mantra 9

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अरसास इहाहयो ये अन्ति ये च दूरके। घनेन हन्मि वृश्चिकमहिं दण्डेनागतम्

IAST Transliteration

arásāsa ihá áhayo yé ánti yé ca dūraké | ghanéna hánmi vṛ́ścikam ahíṁ daṇḍénā́gatam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sapless be the serpents here, whether they be near or whether far away. With the crushing club I smite the scorpion; with the staff the serpent that hath come upon us.

Translation

لتكن الحيّاتُ هنا بلا عصارةٍ ولا قوة، سواءٌ أكانت قريبةً أم بعيدة. بالهراوةِ الساحقةِ أضربُ العقربَ، وبالعصا أضربُ الحيّةَ التي أقبلت علينا.

Word by Word

• अरसासः: the venomless/harmless ones
• अरसासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अ-रस (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रस’ + नञ्) / अरस (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• आहयः: the comers/approachers (those that come upon one)
• आहयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (collective/agentive)
• Root: आहय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘आह’/‘आह’ इति आह्वान/आहति-सम्बद्ध; AV-प्रयोगे ‘आहय’ = ‘आगन्तारः/आह्वेयाः’ इत्यर्थे)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्ति: near
• अन्ति: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्ति (अव्यय; ‘near’)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• दूरके: in the distance / far away
• दूरके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Noun (locative of place)
• Root: दूरक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दूर’ + -क)

• घनेन: with a club/mace (a heavy weapon)
• घनेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: घन (प्रातिपदिक)

• हन्मि: I strike/kill
• हन्मि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• वृश्चिकम्: the scorpion
• वृश्चिकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृश्चिक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहिम्: the serpent
• अहिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दण्डेन: with a staff/rod
• दण्डेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगतम्: having come/that has approached
• आगतम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Participle (past passive participle) used adjectivally
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (क्त-कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras lineage per later indices (variable)

Devata: Ahi and allied venomous beings; implicit Indraic striking power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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