Mantra 5

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अश्मवर्म मेऽसि यो मा ध्रुवाया दिशोऽघायुरभिदासात्। एतत् स ऋच्छात्

IAST Transliteration

aśmavarmá mé ’si yó mā́ dhruvā́yā diśó ’ghāyúr abhídāsāt | etát sá ṛ́cchāt ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art my stone-armour. Whoso from the fixed quarter, evil-lived, should assail me—let him encounter this (defence).

Word by Word

• अश्मवर्म: stone-armor; a stony protective covering
• अश्मवर्म: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्म-वर्मन् (समासः: अश्मन् + वर्मन्)

• मे: of me / for me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (भू)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ध्रुवायाः: of the fixed/steadfast (direction)
• ध्रुवायाः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ध्रुवा (स्त्री) < ध्रुव (विशेषण)

• दिशः: of the direction/quarter
• दिशः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (स्त्री)

• अघायुः: evil-lived; one of wicked life
• अघायुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: अघायु (प्रातिपदिकम्: अघ + आयु)

• अभिदासात्: has assailed / has harmed
• अभिदासात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-दास् (धातुः: दास्/दंस्?; here as verb ‘to harm/assail’ with अभि-)

• एतत्: this (harm/attack)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• ऋच्छात्: let him go/come to; let him incur
• ऋच्छात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (गम्-अर्थकः ‘to go/attain’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic protective tradition (variable anukramaṇī)

Devata: Aśmavarman (protective armour)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (formulaic)

Mantra Rasa

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