Mantra 15

Sukta 136

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

महान्वै भद्रो बिल्वो महान्भद्र उदुम्बरः । महां अभिक्त बाधते महतः साधु खोदनम्

IAST Transliteration

mahā́n vai bhadró bilvó mahā́n-bhadrá udumbáraḥ | mahā́m abhiktá bā́dhate mahatáḥ sā́dhu khódanam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Great verily is the auspicious Bilva; great-auspicious is the Udumbara. Great, when duly anointed, it repelleth the Great (foe): well is the digging made.

Word by Word

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘बिल्वः’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• भद्रः: auspicious, beneficent
• भद्रः: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘बिल्वः’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• बिल्वः: the bilva tree (Aegle marmelos)
• बिल्वः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘उदुम्बरः’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भद्रः: auspicious, beneficent
• भद्रः: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘उदुम्बरः’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदुम्बरः: the udumbara tree (cluster fig)
• उदुम्बरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदुम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘खोदनम्’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिक्तः: smeared/anointed (with a charm/ointment)
• अभिक्तः: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘खोदनम्’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि√अञ्ज् (धातु) → अभिक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)

• बाधते: drives away, repels
• बाधते: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध् (धातु)

• महतः: of the great (one)
• महतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः ‘खोदनम्’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• साधु: good, effective
• साधु: Karma (विशेष्य ‘खोदनम्’ सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोगः)

• खोदनम्: digging; a digging-implement; (fig.) a means that ‘digs out’/removes (evil)
• खोदनम्: Karma (बाधते इत्यस्य—‘(दुष्टं) खोदनम्’ इव बाधते/निवारयति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √खुद्/√खोद् (धातु) → खोदन (कृदन्त, ल्युट्/अन)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasic attribution for late AV appendices; specific r̥ṣi not determinable from the provided excerpt alone.

Devata: Bilva and Udumbara as empowered auspicious agents (dravya-devatā); the ‘Great’ adversary as the target of expulsion.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (late, somewhat irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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