Mantra 4
Sukta 18
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
वरुणं त आदित्यवन्तमृच्छन्तु ।ये माघायव एतस्या दिशोऽभिदासात्
IAST Transliteration
váruṇaṃ te ādityávantaṃ ṛchantu | yé mā́ghāyáva etásyā diśó ’bhídāsāt ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
To Varuṇa, Āditya-endowed, let them betake them—those gain-seeking plotters—from this quarter’s act of hostile assault.
Word by Word
वरुणम्Varuṇa (as object)
वरुणम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour / of you
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आदित्यवन्तम्endowed with the Ādityas / having Āditya-power
आदित्यवन्तम्:
कर्म (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootआदित्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक; -वत् प्रत्यय)
ऋच्छन्तुlet (them) go/approach
ऋच्छन्तु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootऋच्छ् (धातु; गत्यर्थः)
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माघायवःthe Māghāyus (people connected with/under Māghā; a named group)
माघायवः:
कर्तृ (ये इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमाघायू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘माघ’ + आयु/आयिन्-भावः; ‘माघायू’ = माघ-सम्बद्धः/माघ-कालीनः इत्यर्थे)
एतस्याःof this
एतस्याः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिशःdirection/quarter
दिशः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिदासात्attacked/assailed (from/against)
अभिदासात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-दास् (धातु; ‘दास्’ = हिंसार्थ/उपद्रव-करणे; उपसर्गः ‘अभि-’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book; r̥ṣi uncertain)
Devata: Varuṇa (with Ādityas)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (late AV)
Mantra Rasa
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