Mantra 12

Sukta 129

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स इच्छकं सघाघते

IAST Transliteration

sá íchchakaṃ saghā́ghate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He, the desirous one, (goeth/pertaineth) unto Saghāghata.

Word by Word

• सः: he; that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इच्छकम्: the desirous one; one who seeks/wants (it)
• इच्छकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-like
• Root: इच्छक (प्रातिपदिक; √इष्/इच्छ् ‘to desire’ से तद्धित/कृदन्त-आधारित विशेषण)

• सघाघते: strikes/kills; smites
• सघाघते: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (घात्/घ्ना-प्रत्यय-आधारित; ‘to strike/kill’)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt alone.

Devata: Uncertain; possibly a named figure/epithet ‘Saghāghata’.

Chandas: Uncertain (insufficient text for metrical diagnosis).

Mantra Rasa

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