Mantra 25

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शरव्या३ मुखेऽपिनह्यमान ऋतिर्हन्यमाना

IAST Transliteration

śaravyā́ mukhé ’pinahyámānā r̥tír hanyámānā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Saravyā, being bound fast at the mouth—R̥ti, even as she is smitten down.

Translation

سارافْيَا، وهي موثوقةٌ عند الفم—رِتي، حتى وهي تُصرَع.

Word by Word

• शरव्या: the arrow/shaft (as agent)
• शरव्या: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरव्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शर’/बाण-सम्बद्ध, ‘शरव्या’ = बाण/तीर/क्षेप्यास्त्र) अथवा देवता-नाम

• मुखे: in the mouth
• मुखे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपिनह्यमाना: being fastened (on)
• अपिनह्यमाना: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण शरव्याः)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √नह् (नह्यति ‘to bind, fasten’) + उपसर्ग अपि; वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/आत्मनेपदे शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय (स्त्री)

• ऋतिः: harm/injury
• ऋतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘injury/harm/attack’ इत्यर्थे)

• हन्यमाना: being struck / being destroyed
• हन्यमाना: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण ऋतेः)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √हन् (हनति ‘to strike/kill’) ; वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/आत्मनेपदे शानच्-प्रत्यय (स्त्री)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for AV 12.5 (hymn-level); verse-specific r̥ṣi not securely isolable here.

Devata: R̥ti (as hostile power) and/or Saravyā (hostile missile-personification) as the addressed/targeted entity.

Chandas: Not securely determinable from the single pāda-like citation; hymn section includes mixed meters.

Mantra Rasa

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