Mantra 44

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्येदं वर्चस्तेजः प्राणमायुर्नि वेष्टयामीदमेनमधराञ्चं पादयामि

IAST Transliteration

tásyedáṃ várcas téjaḥ prā́ṇam ā́yur ní veṣṭayāmi | idám enam adharā́ñcam pādayāmi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This lustre of his, this fiery might, his breath and length of days—these do I wrap and bind upon myself; and this man here I force to face downward, I tread him down beneath.

Word by Word

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

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (object; ‘this’ as what is being dealt with/mentioned)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चः: lustre, radiance
• वर्चः: कर्म (object; ‘lustre’ as something being ‘wrapped/secured’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेजः: splendour, energy
• 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 (prefix/preverb)
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग)

• वेष्टयामि: I wrap/enclose (secure)
• वेष्टयामि: क्रिया (कर्तृ: अहम्; कर्म: वर्चः/तेजः/प्राणम्/आयुः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वेष्ट् (वेष्टने) / वेष्टयति

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

• एनम्: him (this person)
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/एनद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘enam’ enclitic)

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Angiras/Atharvanic seer-tradition (as typical for competitive and binding formulae in AV 16)

Devata: Varchas-Tejas-Prāṇa-Āyus (personified powers); operative force is the mantra itself (brahman)

Chandas: Mixed/Pragātha-like prose-verse cadence; functionally treated as mantraic formula (often catalogued under Anuṣṭubh-domain in recensional metadata)

Mantra Rasa

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