Mantra 5
Sukta 19
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
विभिन्दती शतशाखा विभिन्दन् नाम ते पिता। प्रत्यग् वि भिन्धि त्वं तं यो अस्माँ अभिदासति
IAST Transliteration
vibhindátī śatá-śākhā vibhindán nā́ma te pitā́ | prátyag ví bhindhi tváṁ táṁ yó asmā́n abhidā́sati ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Splitting-asunder, hundred-branched—‘Splitter’ was the name thy father gave thee. Turn back and split in twain that man who bears us malice and assails us.
Word by Word
विभिन्दतीsplitting, cleaving
विभिन्दती:
Kartā
TypeVerb (present participle)
Root√भिद् (भिनत्ति) उपसर्गः वि-
शतशाखाthe hundred-branched (plant/creeper)
शतशाखा:
Kartā (apposition to विभिन्दती)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootशत- + शाखा (प्रातिपदिकम्)
विभिन्दन्splitting
विभिन्दन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (present participle)
Root√भिद् उपसर्गः वि-
नाम(as) the name
नाम:
Karma (as ‘name’ in naming construction)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
पिताfather
पिता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिकम्)
प्रत्यक्back/away (in return), facing back
प्रत्यक्:
Adhikaraṇa (directional/locative sense)
TypeAdjective/Indeclinable (directional)
Rootप्रत्यञ्च् (दिक्शब्द/विशेषण)
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
भिन्धिsplit! cleave!
भिन्धि:
(governs Karma ‘तम्’)
TypeVerb
Root√भिद् (भिनत्ति)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
तम्that (one), him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अभिदासतिassails, harms, attacks
अभिदासति:
(governs Karma ‘अस्मान्’)
TypeVerb
Root√दास् (दासति ‘to harm/assail’), उपसर्गः अभि-
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Apāmārga as vibhindant (splitting power)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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