Mantra 35

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभूतिरुपह्रियमाणा पराभूतिरुपहृता

IAST Transliteration

á-bhūtiḥ upa-hriyámāṇā párā-bhūtiḥ úpa-hṛtā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Misfortune, brought hither; overpowering defeat, brought and laid upon (the man).

Word by Word

• अभूतिः: non-being; non-existence; (here) ‘non-prosperity/ill-fortune’
• अभूतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-भूति (प्रातिपदिक; भू √भू ‘to be’ से निष्पन्न भाववाचक) / अभूति-

• उपहरियमाणा: being brought near; being carried/introduced
• उपहरियमाणा: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject) / Adhikaraṇa (contextual: ‘while being brought’)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival) / Kṛdanta
• Root: उप-√हृ (to take/bring) → उपहर् (present stem) ; शानच्-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• पराभूतिः: defeat; overthrow; humiliation
• पराभूतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: परा-भूति (प्रातिपदिक; परा- उपसर्ग + भू √भू) / पराभूति-

• उपहृता: brought near; brought/introduced; carried (to)
• उपहृता: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Past participle (Adjectival) / Kṛdanta
• Root: उप-√हृ (to take/bring) → क्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकृदन्त) ‘उपहृत’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (sūkta-level attribution; not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Kṛtyā/Abhūti-Parābhūti personified as hostile agencies (to be repelled)

Chandas: Not specified in the provided excerpt (likely Anuṣṭubh-series in this hymn complex)

Mantra Rasa

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