Mantra 7

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ते३मुष्मै परा वहन्त्वरायान् दुर्णाम्नः सदान्वाः

IAST Transliteration

té amúṣmai parā́ vahantu arā́yān durṇā́mnaḥ sadā́nvāḥ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let them bear away unto yonder man the ill-wishers—those of evil name, the ever-abiding (foes).

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → सः/सा/तत्

• उष्मै: to him
• उष्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्मद्/युष्मद्-सम्बद्धः ‘उ’ (द्वितीय-पुरुष/तृतीय-पुरुष संकेत) ; व्यवहारतः ‘अस्मै’ (तस्मै) इत्यर्थे दत्तिवाचक सर्वनाम

• परा: away, forth
• परा: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) < परा-

• वहन्तु: let (them) carry/drive
• वहन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहँ प्रापणे/वहने) धातु

• अरायान्: enemies
• अरायान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराय (प्रातिपदिक) ‘अराय’ = शत्रु/दुष्ट

• दुर्णाम्नः: ill-named (ones)
• दुर्णाम्नः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दुर्णामन् (प्रातिपदिक) = ‘दुष्ट-नामन्/अपयशस्’ (ill-named, of bad repute)

• सदान्वाः: ever-pursuing/persistent (ones)
• सदान्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सदान्व (प्रातिपदिक) = ‘सदा-अन्व’/‘सदान्वन्’ (ever-following, persistent)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī/edition)

Devata: The invoked allied powers (Uṣas/Vāc; Uṣaspati/Vācaspati) functioning as expellers

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (single verse with epithets; may be metrically irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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