Mantra 12

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं जहि तेन मन्दस्व तस्य पृष्टीरपि शृणीहि

IAST Transliteration

táṃ jáhi téna mandasva tásya pṛṣṭī́r ápi śṛṇīhi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Smite thou that one therewith; be thou appeased and gladdened: yea, crush thou down the very backs and stays of him.

Word by Word

• तम्: him / that one
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: strike/kill!
• जहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• तेन: with that / by that
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्दस्व: be glad / rejoice / become calm
• मन्दस्व: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्द् (धातु) / मन्द (भाव)

• तस्य: of him / of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृष्ठीः: backs/sides (ribs)
• पृष्ठीः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठि- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘पृष्ठि’ = back/side/rib)

• अपि: also; moreover; even
• अपि: (निपात) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• शृणीहि: hear! / listen!
• शृणीहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु; वैदिक-प्रयोगे ‘शृणीहि’ = शृणु/शृणुहि ‘hear!’)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified in provided excerpt (requires Anukramaṇī for 16.7).

Devata: Implicit: the operative power of the mantra/weapon-substance; often framed as Indra-like smiting force in abhicāra diction.

Chandas: Unspecified in provided excerpt (likely mixed; requires metrical scan of full hymn context).

Mantra Rasa

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