Mantra 8

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अकुप्यन्तः कुपायकुः

IAST Transliteration

ákupyantaḥ kupā́yakuḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unshaken, they devised disturbance.

Word by Word

• अकुप्यन्तः: not becoming angry; unangered; unprovoked
• अकुप्यन्तः: Kartā (कर्तृपदं—‘they’ as agents)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: कुप्य (धातु) ← कुप् (क्रुध्यर्थे/कोपने) + य (यङ्/य-प्रत्ययः) ; नकार-प्रत्ययः ‘अ-’ (निषेध) ; प्रातिपदिकम्: अकुप्यन्त्

• कुपायकुः: (those) using evil means/stratagems; plotters
• कुपायकुः: Kartā (कर्तृपदं—same referents as previous word)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (agentive/descriptor)
• Root: कुपाय (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘कुपाय’ = कुपथ/दुष्प्रयोग/कुटिलोपाय ‘evil device/stratagem’) + कु (कृदन्त-प्रत्ययः/नामधात्वर्थः; बहुव्रीहिसदृश-विशेषणनिर्माणम्) → कुपाय-कु

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from isolated excerpt.

Devata: Not explicit; functional focus on firmness vs. disturbance.

Chandas: Indeterminate from a single pāda.

Mantra Rasa

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