Mantra 9

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जहि दर्भ सपत्नान् मे जहि मे पृतनायतः । जहि मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो जहि मे द्विषतो मणे

IAST Transliteration

jáhi darbha sapatnān me jáhi me pṛtanāyatáḥ | jáhi me sárvān durhā́rdaḥ jáhi me dviṣatá maṇe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Smite, O Darbha, mine adversaries; smite for me the battle-rushers. Smite for me all the evil-hearted; smite for me the haters, O Amulet.

Translation

হে দরভ! আমার শত্রুদের বিনাশ কর; আমার জন্য যুদ্ধের দিকে ধাবমানদেরও বিনাশ কর। হে দুর্হার্দ (অশুভ-হৃদয়) মণি! আমার জন্য সকল দুষ্টহৃদয়কে বিনাশ কর; আমার জন্য দ্বেষকারীদেরও বিনাশ কর।

Word by Word

• जहि: slay; strike down
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)

• दर्भ: O darbha-grass
• दर्भ: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (addressed)
• Root: दर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सपत्नान्: rivals; enemies
• सपत्नान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: my; of me
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• जहि: slay
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• पृतनायतः: those who wage battle; combatants
• पृतनायतः: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पृतनायत् (प्रातिपदिक; from पृतना ‘army/battle’ + √यत् ‘to strive’)

• जहि: slay
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: कर्म (with implied noun ‘enemies’)
• Type: Adjective (pronominal)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुर्हार्दः: the ill-hearted one; malicious person
• दुर्हार्दः: कर्ता (of an implied/elliptic clause) / apposition to ‘enemy’
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दुर्हार्द (प्रातिपदिक; dur- + हार्द ‘of the heart, disposition’)

• जहि: slay
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• द्विषतः: haters; those who hate
• द्विषतः: कर्म
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: द्विष् (√द्विष्) → द्विषत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• मणे: O jewel/amulet
• मणे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (addressed)
• Root: मणि/मण (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as above)

Devata: Darbha / Maṇi

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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