Mantra 15

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्त्वा भ्राता पतिर्भूत्वा जारो भूत्वा निपद्यते । प्रजां यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि

IAST Transliteration

yás tvā́ bhrā́tā pátir bhūtvā́ jāró bhūtvā́ nipádyate | prajā́m yás te jíghāṃsati tám itó nāśayāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso, becoming thy brother, becoming thy husband, becoming thy paramour, lieth down upon thee—whoso would smite thy progeny, him from hence we cause to perish.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्व

• भ्राता: (as) a brother
• भ्राता: Kartā (सम्बन्ध-विशेषणरूपेण) / Predicative nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पतिः: (as) a husband/lord
• पतिः: Kartā (सम्बन्ध-विशेषणरूपेण) / Predicative nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)

• जारः: a paramour/lover
• जारः: Kartā (सम्बन्ध-विशेषणरूपेण) / Predicative nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: जार (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)

• निपद्यते: lies down/approaches (sexually: lies with)
• निपद्यते: (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + पद् (धातु) → निपद्यते

• प्रजाम्: offspring/progeny
• प्रजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्धः (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्व

• जिघांसति: desires to kill/tries to kill
• जिघांसति: (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) desiderative: जिघांस् (हन् → जिघांसति)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय)

• नाशयामसि: we destroy/drive away
• नाशयामसि: (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्/नाशय् (धातु) causative: नाशय (णिच्) → नाशयामसि

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (book 20 is largely late/ṛgvedic-derived; attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Apotropaic force of the mantra (rakṣas-/pāpmán-expulsion); implicitly protective deities.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in such protective formulas)

Mantra Rasa

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