Mantra 71

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वास्याङ्गा पर्वाणि वि श्रथय

IAST Transliteration

sárvāsyā́ṅgā párvāṇi ví śrathaya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Loosen apart all his limbs, all his joints asunder.

Translation

فكِّكْ جميعَ أعضائِه؛ وافرِقْ كلَّ مفاصِلِه تفريقًا.

Word by Word

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गानि: limbs
• अङ्गानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (अङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्वाणि: joints
• पर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (पर्वन्-प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• श्रथय: loosen (you)!
• श्रथय: (अध्याहृत) कर्ता: त्वम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रथ् (धातु; ‘to loosen, unbind’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies)

Devata: Mantraic disintegration (vi-śrathana) directed against the foe

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (operational imperative line)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara