Mantra 103

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उदरदारस्त्वा हनिष्यतीत्येनमाह

IAST Transliteration

udaradārástvā haniṣyátī́ty enam ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘The Belly-tearer will smite thee’: thus did he say unto him.

Word by Word

• उदरदारः: (the) belly-ripper / one who tears the belly
• उदरदारः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर-दार (प्रातिपदिक; उदर ‘belly’ + दार ‘splitter/tearer’, बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास) अथवा ‘उदरदार’ इति समस्त-प्रातिपदिक

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हनिष्यति: will strike/kill
• हनिष्यति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हिंसागत्योः)

• इति: thus (quotative)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात/अव्यय)

• एनम्: him / this one
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम (एन्-आदेशः)

• आह: said
• आह: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/√आह् (ब्रू-आदेश; ‘to say’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified)

Devata: Apotropaic focus: the disease-agent Udaradāra (as adversary); implicitly healing power of brahman/odana

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-style

Mantra Rasa

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