Mantra 2

Sukta 133

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आहुतास्यभिहुत ऋषीणामस्यायुधम्। पूर्वा व्रतस्य प्राश्नती वीरघ्नी भव मेखले

IAST Transliteration

āhútā́si abhíhutá ṛ́ṣīṇām asy ā́yudham | pū́rvā vratásya prāśnátī vīrághnī bhava mékhale ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Offered art thou, yea over-offered; thou art the seers’ weapon. Primeval of the vow, devouring—be thou a slayer of hostile men, O Girdle.

Translation

Du bist dargebracht, ja über-dargebracht; du bist die Waffe der ṛṣi. Uralt des Gelübdes, verzehrend — sei eine Töterin feindlicher Männer, o Gürtel.

Word by Word

• आहुतासि: you are offered/oblated
• आहुतासि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हु (धातु) → आहुत (कृदन्त) + अस् (धातु)

• अभिहुत: (you) who are duly offered/oblated
• अभिहुत: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-हु (धातु) → अभिहुत (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)

• ऋषीणाम्: of the seers
• ऋषीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• आयुधम्: weapon; implement
• आयुधम्: कर्तृ-प्रत्यय (as predicate nominative) / कर्म (if taken as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वा: former; earlier
• पूर्वा: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रतस्य: of the vow/observance
• व्रतस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राश्नती: eating; consuming
• प्राश्नती: कर्तृ (agent, describing the subject)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival) / Verb-form
• Root: प्र-√अश् (अश्नाति) → प्राश्नत्/प्राश्नती (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• वीरघ्नी: man-slaying; hero-slayer
• वीरघ्नी: कर्तृ/विशेषण (appositive epithet)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वीर-घ्नी (प्रातिपदिक; घ्नि-प्रत्ययः from √हन्/घ्ना ‘to slay’)

• भव: become; be
• भव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• मे: for me; to me
• मे: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for me / of me)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मेखले: O girdle; O belt
• मेखले: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेखला (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Mekhalā (personified); Ṛṣis as empowering authority

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; two pādas with compact cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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