Mantra 16

Sukta 131

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शयो हत इव

IAST Transliteration

śáyo hatá iva

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As one laid low, as though smitten.

Word by Word

• शयः: rest, ease, comfort
• शयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हतः: struck, slain, smitten
• हतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: √हन् (2P) → हत (कृदन्त)

• इव: like, as if
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain (AV 20 is predominantly Rigvedic borrowings; r̥ṣi attribution depends on the RV locus of the full verse).

Devata: Context-dependent (often Indra/Maruts in RV-derived passages; here functionally ‘defeat’ of hostile agency).

Chandas: Uncertain from a fragment (requires full ṛc).

Mantra Rasa

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