Mantra 22

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यश्च कवची यश्चाकवचो३मित्रो यश्चाज्मनि । ज्यापाशैः कवचपाशैरज्मनाभिहतः शयाम्

IAST Transliteration

yáś ca kavacī́ yáś cā́kavacó ’mítró yáś cā́jmani | jyā-pāśaíḥ kavaca-pāśaír ájmanā́bhihataḥ śayām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whether armoured or unarmoured be the foe, and whether he be upon the march: with bowstring-nooses, with armour-nooses—by the very track smitten—may he lie prone.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कवची: armoured; wearing armour
• कवची: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: कवचिन् (प्रातिपदिक; कवच + इन्)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अकवचः: unarmoured; without armour
• अकवचः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: अकवच (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + कवच)

• मित्रः: friend; ally
• मित्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अज्मनि: on the road/path; in the course (of travel)
• अज्मनि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्यापाशैः: with bowstring-nooses
• ज्यापाशैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्यापाश (प्रातिपदिक; ज्या + पाश)

• कवचपाशैः: with armour-nooses
• कवचपाशैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवचपाश (प्रातिपदिक; कवच + पाश)

• अज्मना: by/with the path; by the road (as means)
• अज्मना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिहतः: struck down; smitten
• अभिहतः: —
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: √हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त), उपसर्गः अभि-

• शयाम्: may he lie; let him lie (prostrate)
• शयाम्: —
• Type: Verb (injunctive/optative sense) / finite form
• Root: √शी (धातु) / शय्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘lying’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution.

Devata: Pāśa (Noose) as operative force; implicitly the binding aspect of Varuṇa-like constraint, redirected to war.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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