Mantra 3

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वैश्वानरस्यैनं दंष्ट्रयोरपि दधामि

IAST Transliteration

vaiśvānarásyà enaṁ dáṁṣṭrayor ápi dadhāmi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In Vaiśvānara’s fangs, even there, I set him down.

Word by Word

• वैश्वानरस्य: of Vaiśvānara (Agni/Vaiśvānara)
• वैश्वानरस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक; विश् + अनर/नर-सम्बन्धी; ‘सर्वजन/अग्नि-वैश्वानर’)

• एनम्: this (him/it)
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रुति)

• दंष्ट्रयोः: of the two fangs / between the two fangs
• दंष्ट्रयोः: अधिकारण (locative-sense via genitive: ‘between/at the two fangs’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; even; (here) ‘right/just’
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• दधामि: I place / I put
• दधामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (cycle attribution)

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (confirm by metrical scan)

Mantra Rasa

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