Mantra 9
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
वरणेन प्रव्यथिता भ्रातृव्या मे सबन्धवः । असूर्तं रजो अप्यगुस्ते यन्त्वधमं तमः
IAST Transliteration
varaṇéna prá-vyathitā bhrā́tṛvyā me sá-bandhavaḥ | asū́rtaṃ rájo ápy agus té yantu adhámaṃ támaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
By the Varana are my rival kinsmen, with all their allies, sorely disquieted: into the sunless murk they have gone—let them pass to the nethermost darkness.
Word by Word
वरणेनby means of ‘varaṇa’ (a protective covering/means; possibly the varaṇa-plant/rite)
वरणेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवरण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वरण’ = आवरण/रक्षण/वरण-नामक उपाय/मन्त्र) अथवा ‘वरण’ (वृक्ष-विशेष)
प्रव्यथिताःthoroughly distressed/afflicted
प्रव्यथिताः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootवि-व्यथ् (धातु: व्यथ् ‘to tremble/be distressed’) + प्र- (उपसर्ग) ; क्त (PPP) आधार
भ्रातृव्याःrivals/enemies
भ्रातृव्याः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृव्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rival/hostile kinsman, enemy’)
मेmy
मे:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सबन्धवःtogether with (their) relatives
सबन्धवः:
Kartā (भ्रातृव्याः इत्यस्य सहपद/विशेषणभाव)
TypeNoun
Rootस-बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘with (their) kinsmen/relatives’)
असूर्तम्unillumined, sunless
असूर्तम्:
Karma (गन्तव्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-सूर्त (प्रातिपदिक; ‘unlit/unsunned, not illumined’; सूर्त < √सूर्/√सुव्? वैदिके ‘सूर्त’ = ‘सूर्येण/प्रकाशेन सूचित/प्रकाशित’)
रजःgloom/dark region
रजः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘darkness, dust, gloom; the dim region/space’)
अप्यगुःthey went/they have gone
अप्यगुः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअपि-√गम् (धातु: गम् ‘to go’) ; लुङ् (aorist) 3rd pl.
तेthey/those (people)
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
यन्तुlet them go
यन्तु:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√या (धातु: या ‘to go’)
अधमम्to the lowest
अधमम्:
Karma (गन्तव्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lowest’)
तमःdarkness
तमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘darkness’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (protective/expulsive charm corpus)
Devata: Varana/Vanaspati as the active expulsive power; darkness as destination motif
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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