Mantra 110
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अप्सु मरिष्यसीत्येनमाह
IAST Transliteration
apsú maríṣyasī́ti enam ā́ha
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
‘In the waters shalt thou perish’: thus he addresseth him.
Word by Word
अ॒प्सुin the waters
अ॒प्सु:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) → अप्सु (सप्त. बहु.)
म॑रिष्य॒सिyou will die
म॑रिष्य॒सि:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मृ (मरणे)
इतिthus / saying
इति:
(वाक्य-चिह्न/उद्धरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एनम्him
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनम्
आहsaid
आह:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अह् (ब्रूवणे/कथने)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic tradition (specific attribution varies by anukramaṇī; requires hymn-level collation for AVŚ 11.3).
Devata: Āpas (Waters) as medium of destruction/banishment; implicitly also the addressed target (enemy/affliction).
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like (mantra fragment); not a full metrical pāda in isolation.
Mantra Rasa
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