Mantra 2

Sukta 131

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य अनु निभञ्जनम्

IAST Transliteration

tásya ánu nibháñjanam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

After him comes the crushing—his utter demolition.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; along; following
• अनु: क्रियाविशेषण (direction/sequence: after, along)
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb/Adverb)
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• निभञ्जनम्: breaking; crushing; destruction
• निभञ्जनम्: कर्म (if governed by an implied verb like ‘do/perform’); otherwise predicate/nominal
• Type: Noun (action/result noun)
• Root: निभञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक; नि-√भञ्ज् ‘to break’ + -अन/अन् → ‘breaking, crushing’)

Attribution

Rishi: Khila/Anukramaṇī tradition (uncertain without collation)

Devata: Bhedana/Nibhañjana (apotropaic efficacy)

Chandas: Uncertain (requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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