Mantra 17
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
य एनामवशामाह देवानां निहितं निधिम्। उभौ तस्मै भवाशर्वौ परिक्रम्येषुमस्यतः
IAST Transliteration
yá enām ávaśām ā́ha devā́nāṃ níhitaṃ nidhím | ubháu tásmai bhavā́śarvau parikrámyeṣúm asyatáḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whoso declareth her ‘no Vaśā,’—the treasure-deposit of the Gods laid up—against him do Bhava and Śarva twain, encompassing, hurl the arrow.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एनाम्this (her/it)
एनाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एना-
अवशाम्helpless, powerless (as helpless)
अवशाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootअवशा (प्रातिपदिक)
आहsaid / declared
आह:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु) / (ब्रू-आह इति वैदिक-पर्यायः)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
निहितम्placed, deposited
निहितम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootनि-धा (धातु) → निहित (कृदन्त)
निधिम्treasure, deposit
निधिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
उभौboth
उभौ:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → उभौ
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भवbe! / become!
भव:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
अशर्वौO you two Aśarvas (a paired divine/daemon name)
अशर्वौ:
Sambodhana (addressed) / Kartā (with उभौ)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootअशर्व (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व/युग्म-नाम, ‘भव’ इत्यस्य सम्बोधन-रूपेण)
परिक्रम्यhaving gone around, circumambulating
परिक्रम्य:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeGerund
Rootपरि-क्रम् (धातु) → परिक्रम्य (क्त्वान्त)
इषुम्arrow
इषुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइषु (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यतःshooting (casting)
अस्यतः:
Kartā (with उभौ)
TypeVerb (participle used predicatively)
Rootअस्/अस्य (धातु ‘अस्’ = क्षेपणे/प्रक्षेपणे, वैदिक) → अस्यत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त) / अस्य (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (traditional for the hymn); Rudraic names foregrounded
Devata: Bhava and Śarva (Rudra aspects); also the vaśā as ‘devānāṃ nidhí’
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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