Mantra 1

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शतवारो मणिः। शतवारो अनीनशद् यक्ष्मान् रक्षांसि तेजसा । आरोहन् वर्चसा सह मणिर्दुर्णामचातनः

IAST Transliteration

śatá-vāro maṇíḥ | śatá-vāro anīnaśad yákṣmān rákṣāṃsi téjasā | āróhan várcasā sahá maṇír durṇā́m acātanaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The hundredfold Amulet: the hundredfold hath, with fiery might, driven off consumptions and the demons. Mounting with splendour, the Amulet hath chased away ill-name.

Word by Word

• शतवारः: hundredfold (having a hundred powers/turns)
• शतवारः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-वार (प्रातिपदिक) < शत (संख्या) + वार (प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: amulet, jewel (charm-stone)
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतवारः: hundredfold
• शतवारः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-वार (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनीनशत्: destroyed, made perish
• अनीनशत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) [नाशे/क्षये] + आङ् (उपसर्ग) ; reduplicated aorist-stem

• यक्ष्मान्: diseases, wasting sicknesses
• यक्ष्मान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षांसि: demons, harmful spirits
• रक्षांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेजसा: by (his) brilliance/fiery power
• तेजसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आरोहन्: ascends, mounts, rises
• आरोहन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु) [आरोहे] + आङ् (उपसर्ग)

• वर्चसा: with radiance, with splendor
• वर्चसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahārtha (associative) / Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• मणिः: the amulet
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुर्णाम: ill-name, evil repute (curse/defamation)
• दुर्णाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) < दुर् (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + नामन्

• अचातनः: drove away, dispelled, smote down
• अचातनः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चत्/चात् (धातु) [हिंसायाम्/क्षये] + आङ् (उपसर्ग) ; causative/denominative aorist-type form in Vedic

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (maṇi-hymn corpus)

Devata: Maṇi (amulet) personified; allied with Tejas/Varcas as powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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