Mantra 37

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अवर्तिरश्यमाना निरृतिरशिता

IAST Transliteration

ávartiḥ aśyámānā nírṛtiḥ aśitā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Perversion, unfed and wasting; Nirṛti herself, unfed—(a presence of) deprivation.

Word by Word

• अवर्तिः: the turning/whirling one; averter (one who causes turning away)
• अवर्तिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवर्तिः (प्रातिपदिक; √वृत्/√वर्त्- ‘turn, roll’ से निष्पन्न भाव/कर्तृवाचक संज्ञा)

• अश्यमाना: reaching/pervading; advancing
• अश्यमाना: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √अश् (व्याप्तौ/गत्यर्थे; ‘to reach, pervade, attain’) → अश्यमान (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग रूप

• निरृतिः: Nirṛti (goddess/personification of destruction, misfortune)
• निरृतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक; निर्- + √ऋ/√रि ‘to go’ से; वैदिक देवता/अधिदेवता-रूप संज्ञा)

• अशिता: having eaten; devouring
• अशिता: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √अश् (भक्षणे; ‘to eat’) → अशित (भूतकृदन्त/क्त-प्रत्यय) → अशिता (स्त्रीलिङ्ग)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Nirṛti (misfortune personified)

Chandas: Not specified in the provided excerpt

Mantra Rasa

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