Mantra 36

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्येदं वर्चस्तेजः प्राणमायुर्नि वेष्टयामीदमेनमधराञ्चं पादयामि

IAST Transliteration

tásya idáṃ várcas téjaḥ prāṇám ā́yur ní veṣṭayāmi idám enam adharā́ñcam pādayāmi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

His lustre, his splendor, his breath, his life—these do I wrap fast down; this man I make downward-going, I bring him low.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (as ‘this’ to be placed/assigned)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चस्: splendour, lustre
• वर्चस्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेजः: radiance, brilliance
• तेजः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणम्: breath, vital force
• प्राणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down, in; (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb)
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग)

• वेष्टयामि: I wrap/enclose
• वेष्टयामि: कर्तृ (अहं)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वेष्ट् (वेष्टने) / वेष्टयति

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him (this person)
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/इदम्-श्रृङ्खला (एनद्-प्रयोगः; सर्वनाम)

• अधराञ्चम्: downward-facing, lower
• अधराञ्चम्: कर्म (विशेषणम् ‘एनम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर + अञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘turned downward’)

• पादयामि: I cause (him) to go/step; I set/lead
• पादयामि: कर्तृ (अहं)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पद्/पादय् (णिजन्त; causative) ‘to cause to go/step, to set/lead’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in input)

Devata: Brahmanic binding-force acting upon the victim’s varcas/tejas/prāṇa/āyus

Chandas: Irregular/mixed (catalogue-style operative prose within metrical frame; uncertain from isolated line)

Mantra Rasa

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