Mantra 69

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मांसान्यस्य शातय स्नावान्यस्य सं वृह

IAST Transliteration

mā́ṃsāny asya śātaya snā́vāny asya sáṃ vṛha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Make waste his fleshes; tear forth together his sinews.

Word by Word

• मांसानि: fleshes
• मांसानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शातय: destroy / cause to fall
• शातय: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: शातय् (णिजन्त; धातु: शद्/शात् ‘to cut, destroy, make fall’)

• स्नावानि: sinews, tendons
• स्नावानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नावन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: completely, together
• सम्: (क्रिया-विशेषक) —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb)
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• वृहि: tear out / uproot
• वृहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृह् (धातु) ‘to tear out, pull up, uproot’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (varies)

Devata: Punitive power (Devī/Vajra) realized through the mantra-act

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh fragment

Mantra Rasa

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