Mantra 13

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मै ध्रुवाया दिशो अन्तर्देशाद् रुद्रमिष्वासमनुष्ठातारमकुर्वन्

IAST Transliteration

tásmai dhruvā́yā diśó antardeśā́d rudrám iṣvā́sám anuṣṭhātā́ram akurvan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For him, from the mid-region of the steadfast quarter, they appointed Rudra himself—an Archer divine—to stand attendant as his guard.

Translation

ولأجله، من الإقليم الأوسط للجهة الثابتة، أقاموا رودرا نفسه—الرامي الإلهي—واقفًا مُلازمًا حارسًا له.

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him / for him
• तस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ध्रुवायाः: of the fixed/steadfast (one)
• ध्रुवायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: of the direction / quarter
• दिशः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तर्देशात्: from the inner region / from within the land
• अन्तर्देशात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्देश (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर् + देश)

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name/deity)
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इष्वासम्: the archer (bowman)
• इष्वासम्: कर्म (apposition to रुद्रम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्वास (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुष्ठातारम्: the performer/executor (of rites)
• अनुष्ठातारम्: कर्म (apposition to रुद्रम्)
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: अनुष्ठातृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from अनु-स्था)

• अकुर्वन्: they made / they appointed
• अकुर्वन्: क्रिया (finite verb); कर्ता = (ते/जनाः) implied
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Vrātya-complex attribution (AV 15).

Devata: Rudra as Iṣvāsa (guardian-archer) and the Dhruvā Diś (fixed quarter) as spatial support.

Chandas: Atharvanic mixed/prose-like cadence.

Mantra Rasa

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