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Mantra 5

Sukta 40

ये३धस्ताज्जुह्वति जातवेदो ध्रुवाया दिशोऽभिदासन्त्यस्मान्। भूमिमृत्वा ते पराञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्रत्यगेनान् प्रतिसरेण हन्मि

yé adhástāj juhváti jātávedo dhrúvāyā diśó ’bhidā́santy asmā́n | bhū́mim ṛtvā́ té parā́ñco vyathantāṃ pratyagé́nān pratisaréṇa hanmi

Whoso from beneath maketh offering, O Jātavedas,—the steadfast regions assail us: taking Earth for the effective stay, let them, turned away, be shaken; with the returning counter-force, with the Pratisara, I smite them down.

येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धस्तात्from below
धस्तात्:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधस्तात् (अव्यय; ‘below, from below’)
जुह्वतिthey offer (pour as oblation)
जुह्वति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहु (जुहोति)
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni)
जातवेदः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (अग्नि-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)
ध्रुवायाःof the fixed/steadfast
ध्रुवायाः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootध्रुवा (प्रातिपदिक)
दिशःof the direction/quarter
दिशः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिदासन्तिthey assail, attack
अभिदासन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-दस् (दसति ‘to harm/assail’)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भूमिम्the earth/ground
भूमिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋत्वाhaving gone/approached
ऋत्वा:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया
TypeVerbal indeclinable (absolutive)
Rootऋ (ऋणोति/ऋच्छति—here as absolutive ‘having gone/approached’)
तेthey (those)
ते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पराञ्चःturned away, facing off
पराञ्चः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootपराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक)
व्यथन्ताम्let them be shaken/afflicted
व्यथन्ताम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootव्यथ् (व्यथते ‘to tremble/be distressed’)
प्रत्यगेनान्with counter-spells
प्रत्यगेनान्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootप्रत्यगेन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘counter-charm/returning spell’)
प्रतिसरेणwith an amulet/protective charm
प्रतिसरेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिसर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘amulet, protective band/charm’)
हन्मिI strike down, I slay
हन्मि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (हन्ति)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic milieu (traditional attribution uncertain)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Earth as invoked support; directions as operative field

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (anuṣṭubh-like)

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