Mantra 5

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न्वे३तेनारात्सीरसौ स्वाहा । तिग्मायुधौ तिग्महेती सुशेवौ सोमारुद्राविह सु मृडतं नः

IAST Transliteration

nú eténārātsīrasau svā́hā | tiǵmāyudhāu tiǵmahetī suśévāu sómarudrāv ihá sú mṛḍataṃ naḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Now, with this—O Arātsīrasau—svāhā! Sharp-weaponed, sharp-missiled, yet kindly, O Soma and Rudra, here be ye gracious unto us; grant us good relief.

Word by Word

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• एतेन: with this; by this
• एतेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरात्सी: harm; hostility; mischief
• अरात्सी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति (प्रातिपदिक)

• रसौ: O Rasa (deity/personified sap/essence)
• रसौ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (oblation-call)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable (ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (प्रातिपदिक/निपातवत्)

• तिग्मायुधौ: O two sharp-weaponed ones
• तिग्मायुधौ: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (dual vocative)
• Root: तिग्म-आयुध (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• तिग्महेती: O two of sharp missiles/impulses
• तिग्महेती: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (dual vocative)
• Root: तिग्म-हेति (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुशेवौ: O two very gracious/beneficent ones
• सुशेवौ: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (dual vocative)
• Root: सु-शेव (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमारुद्रौ: O Soma and Rudra
• सोमारुद्रौ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (dual vocative)
• Root: सोम-रुद्र (द्वन्द्व-समास)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• सु: well; wholly; indeed
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (निपात)

• मृडतम्: be gracious; show mercy
• मृडतम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृड् (धातु) → मृडत (लोट्)

• नः: to us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level).

Devata: Soma-Rudra (dual).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (tendency; short dual-invocation style—meter should be confirmed by syllable count in a critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

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