Mantra 47
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अन्धो भविष्यसीत्येनमाह
IAST Transliteration
andhó bhaviṣyásīti enam ā́ha
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
‘Blind shalt thou become’—thus unto him he spake.
Word by Word
अन्धःblind
अन्धः:
कर्म (भविष्यसि इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
भविष्यसिyou will become
भविष्यसि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
इतिthus / saying
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (निपात/अव्यय)
एनम्him
एनम्:
कर्म (आह इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: एनद्/एतद्-प्रयोगः)
आहsaid
आह:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अह् (आह = परोक्षभूत/लिट्-रूपम्)
Attribution
Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt alone.
Devata: Doṣa/affliction of blindness personified; speech (vāc) as binding power.
Chandas: Prose (short narrative clause).
Mantra Rasa
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