Mantra 17
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इन्द्रो मेऽहिमरन्धयत् पृदाकुं च पृदाक्वम्। स्वजं तिरश्चिराजिं कसर्णीलं दशोनसिम्
IAST Transliteration
índro me ’hím arandhayat pṛ́dākuṃ ca pṛdā́kvam | svajáṃ tiraścirájiṃ kasarṇī́laṃ dáśonasim ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Indra for me hath subdued the serpent, the spotted one and the spotted kind; the Svaja, the crosswise-creeper, the dark-brown one, the ten-fanged.
Word by Word
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मेfor me / my
मे:
सम्प्रदान (हित/स्वाम्यर्थे)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अहिम्the serpent; Ahi (demon/serpent)
अहिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअहि (प्रातिपदिक)
अरन्धयत्made (him) submit; subdued
अरन्धयत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरन्ध् (धातु) [णिच्]
पृदाकुम्a spotted serpent (pṛdāku)
पृदाकुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपृदाकु (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
पृदाक्वम्a spotted one (variant name of a serpent)
पृदाक्वम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपृदाक्व (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वजम्Svaja (a serpent-name)
स्वजम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
तिरश्चिराजिम्Tiraścīrāji (a serpent-name)
तिरश्चिराजिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootतिरश्चिराजि (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/नाम)
कसर्णीलम्Kasarṇīla (a serpent-name)
कसर्णीलम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकसर्णील (प्रातिपदिक)
दशोनसिम्Daśonasi (a serpent-name)
दशोनसिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदशोनसि (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per AV 10.4 anukramaṇī; not supplied in input)
Devata: Indra (as subduer of ahi/poison)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Mantra Rasa
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