Mantra 7

Sukta 131

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शफेन इव ओहते

IAST Transliteration

śaphéna iva óhate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As with a hoof, they thrust (it) away.

Word by Word

• शफेन: with a hoof
• शफेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शफ (प्रातिपदिक) → शफ (खुर/hoof)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• ओहते: (he/it) drags/pulls
• ओहते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऊह् (ऊहते) ‘to push/drag/draw (towards oneself), to pull/haul’

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain in isolation (requires hymn colophon).

Devata: Expulsive power (often generalized; could be Indraic/Marutic in RV-derived contexts).

Chandas: Uncertain from single pāda.

Mantra Rasa

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