Mantra 3

Sukta 67

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऐषु नह्य वृषाजिनं हरिणस्या भियं कृधि । पराङमित्र एषत्वर्वाची गौरुपेषतु

IAST Transliteration

éṣu nahyá vṛ́ṣājináṃ hariṇásyā́ bhíyaṃ kṛdhi | parā́ṅ mitra éṣatv arvā́cī gáur upéṣatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bind on, in these (quarters), the bull-hide; upon the antelope’s fear do thou impose (it). Away, O Mitra, let the foe be driven; hitherward let the Cow draw near and come unto us.

Translation

اربطْ، في هذه الجهات، جلدَ الثور؛ وعلى خوفِ الظبيِّ فافرضْه. ابتعدْ، يا مِترا، ولْيُطْرَدِ العدوُّ؛ وإلينا فلتدنُ البقرةُ ولتأتِ إلينا.

Word by Word

• एषु: in/among these
• एषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नहि: indeed not / surely not
• नहि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नहि (निपात)

• अ: (expletive particle)
• अ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (निपात; पदपूरण/उद्गार)

• वृषाजिनम्: bull-hide / bull-skin
• वृषाजिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषाजिन (प्रातिपदिक; वृष + अजिन)

• हरिणस्य: of the deer/antelope
• हरिणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिण (प्रातिपदिक)

• भियम्: fear
• भियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक: भिय्/भी)

• कृधि: make / do (you)!
• कृधि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• पराङ्: away / outward
• पराङ्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (directional) / Adjective
• Root: पराङ् (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्र: O Mitra
• मित्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• एष: this (one)
• एष: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्व: you
• त्व: Kartā (with implied verb)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: त्वम्)

• अर्वाची: turned hither / facing this way
• अर्वाची: Kartā (agreeing with गौः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाच् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• गौः: the cow
• गौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: towards / near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• एषतु: let (her/it) come / approach
• एषतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु; गत्यर्थ/इच्छार्थ) अथवा एष् (गत्यर्थ) — वैदिक रूप

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Mitra (and implicitly protective/wealth forces centered on cattle)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; typical for such compact Atharvanic verses)

Mantra Rasa

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