Mantra 2
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तानश्वत्थ निः शृणीहि शत्रून् वैबाधदोधतः । इन्द्रेण वृत्रघ्ना मेदी मित्रेण वरुणेन च
IAST Transliteration
tā́n aśvattha níḥ śṛṇīhi śátrūn vaibādhadódhataḥ | índreṇa vṛtrághnā médī mítreṇa váruṇena ca ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Those enemies, O Aśvattha, shatter forth—drive them away with vehement thrust: with Indra the Vṛtra-slayer, with Medī, with Mitra and with Varuṇa.
Word by Word
तान्them
तान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वत्थO aśvattha (sacred fig tree)
अश्वत्थ:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative) / Address
Rootअश्वत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
निःout, forth
निः:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनिः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
शृणीहिcrush / shatter
शृणीहि:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-आश्रिता)
TypeVerb
Root√शृ (शृणोति/शृणाति) ‘to break, crush, shatter’
शत्रून्enemies
शत्रून्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
वैindeed
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (निपात)
बाधrepel / drive away
बाध:
क्रिया
TypeVerb (imperative stem) / Injunctive-like command
Root√बाध् ‘to press, afflict, repel’
दोधतःviolently / with repeated thrusting
दोधतः:
—
TypeParticiple (present, intensive/iterative nuance) used adverbially
Root√दुह्/√दुह्? (दोधत्- इति तीव्र/पुनरुक्त-धातु-रूप; ‘to shake/urge’—Vedic intensive/iterative sense)
इन्द्रेणwith Indra
इन्द्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रघ्ना(as) the Vṛtra-slayer
वृत्रघ्ना:
करण
TypeAdjective (epithet) / Noun-like
Rootवृत्रघ्न (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र-घ्न ‘Vṛtra-slayer’)
मेदीwith fat/strength (vital essence)
मेदी:
करण
TypeNoun (instrumental) / Adjectival noun
Rootमेदी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fat, marrow; strength/essence’—Vedic) अथवा मेदिन्/मेधि-सम्बद्ध
मित्रेणwith Mitra
मित्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणेनwith Varuṇa
वरुणेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa milieu (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Aśvattha; Indra Vṛtrahan; Mitra-Varuṇa; auxiliary Medī
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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