Mantra 34

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

असंज्ञा गन्धेन शुगुद्ध्रियमाणाशीविष उद्धृता

IAST Transliteration

ásaṃjñā gandhéna śúgut-dhriyámāṇā āśīvíṣa úd-dhṛtā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unconsciousness—by fragrance; borne off with burning pain; the venomous (poison) is drawn forth.

Word by Word

• असं॑ज्ञाः: unconscious, senseless (ones)
• असं॑ज्ञाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-सं-ज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक: असंज्ञा ‘अचेतन/असंवेदन’)

• ग॒न्धेन॒: by/with (the) smell, by fragrance
• ग॒न्धेन॒: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुगु॑द्ध्रि॒यमा॑णाः: being held/borne (upon), supported
• शुगु॑द्ध्रि॒यमा॑णाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: ध्रि (धातु; ध्रियते ‘is held/borne’), उपसर्ग: आ-; कृदन्त: ध्रियमाण (शानच्/माण)

• आशीवि॒षाः: venomous serpents
• आशीवि॒षाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशीविष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘venomous serpent’)

• उद्धृ॑ताः: drawn out, removed, extracted
• उद्धृ॑ताः: Kartā
• Type: Past participle (Adjectival)
• Root: हृ (धातु ‘to take/bring’), उपसर्ग: उद्-; कृदन्त: उद्धृत (क्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified in the provided excerpt (to be supplied from AV 12.5 anukramaṇī).

Devata: Anti-venom power; adversarial focus on Āśīviṣa (poison/serpent).

Chandas: Unspecified (to be verified).

Mantra Rasa

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