Mantra 19
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अन्तर्देशा अबध्नत प्रदिशस्तमबध्नत । प्रजापतिसृष्टो मणिर्द्विषतो मेऽधराँ अकः
IAST Transliteration
antardeśā́ abadhnata pradíśas tám abadhnata | prajā́pati-sṛṣṭó maṇír dviṣatáḥ mé ’dharā́n akaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The mid-regions bound it on; the quarters bound on that amulet. The mani, created of Prajāpati, hath made my haters lower down beneath.
Word by Word
अन्तर्देशाःthe intermediate regions (inner quarters)
अन्तर्देशाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर्देश (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर् + देश)
अबध्नतthey bound / fastened
अबध्नत:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootबन्ध् (धातु)
प्रदिशःthe fore-directions / quarters
प्रदिशः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootप्रदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
तम्him / that (one)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अबध्नतthey bound / fastened
अबध्नत:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootबन्ध् (धातु)
प्रजापति-सृष्टःcreated by Prajāpati
प्रजापति-सृष्टः:
विशेषणम् (मणिः-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Rootसृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सृज् → सृष्ट) + प्रजापति
मणिःthe amulet / jewel
मणिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
द्विषतःof the hater / of the hostile one
द्विषतः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun (present active participle used substantively)
Rootद्विष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; शतृ-प्रत्ययः: द्विषत्)
मेmy
मे:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अधरान्lower, beneath, down
अधरान्:
कर्म (फल/परिणाम-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective (used predicatively)
Rootअधर (प्रातिपदिक)
अकःmay (he/it) make/drive (them) down
अकः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअक् (धातु; √अक्/अञ्च्-समूहः, ‘to lead/make/go’—here as injunctive/imperative-like form in Vedic usage)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Prajāpati (as creator-authorizer) and the Directions (Diś)
Chandas: Mixed/irregular
Mantra Rasa
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