Mantra 19

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रिषन्धे तमसा त्वममित्रान् परि वारय । पृषदाज्यप्रणुत्तानां मामीषां मोचि कश्चन

IAST Transliteration

tríṣandhe támasā tvám amítrā́n pári vā́raya | pṛṣadā́jya-praṇuttānāṃ mā́mīṣā́ṃ móci káścana ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

At the threefold junction, with darkness do thou encompass and restrain the enemies. Of those whom the speckled ghee hath thrust back, let not a single one of ours be loosed away.

Word by Word

• त्रिषन्धे: in/at the three junctions (threefold boundary-times/places)
• त्रिषन्धे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि- + सन्धि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तमसा: with darkness; by darkness
• तमसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमित्रान्: enemies; hostile ones
• अमित्रान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वारय: ward off; keep away
• वारय: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृञ् वरणे) / causative stem वारय-

• पृषदाज्यप्रणुत्तानाम्: of those driven away by pṛṣadājya (speckled ghee/ritual ghee)
• पृषदाज्यप्रणुत्तानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective (participial) / Noun-compound
• Root: पृषदाज्य + प्र-√नुद् (नुदँ प्रेरणे/अपनयने) → प्रणुत्त (कृदन्त)

• मा: me
• मा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईषाम्: of these; of them
• ईषाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्/एतद्-समूहसूचक सर्वनाम (एषाम्) — वैदिक रूप ईषाम्

• मोचि: do not release; do not let go
• मोचि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुचँ प्रमोचने) — aorist injunctive/precative form

• कश्चन: anyone; someone (at all)
• कश्चन: कर्तृ (निषेध-वाक्ये ‘कोऽपि’)
• Type: Pronoun (indefinite)
• Root: क (प्रश्न/अनिश्चित सर्वनाम) + चन (निपात)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution (per anukramaṇī lineages for war charms).

Devata: Tamas (Darkness) as operative power; Senā as implied instrument; ājya as empowered medium.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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