Mantra 2

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमराते पुरोधत्से पुरुषं परिरापिणम्। नमस्ते तस्मै कृण्मो मा वनिं व्यथयीर्मम

IAST Transliteration

yám arā́te purodhátsé púruṣaṃ parirāpíṇam | námás te tásmai kṛṇmo má vaníṃ vyathayī́r máma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The man whom thou settest foremost, O Arāti, the all-besetting harasser—to thee, to that (power), we render homage: disturb not my gain, my prize.

Word by Word

• यम॑राते: O Yamarāti (one connected with Yama / giver to Yama; epithet)
• यम॑राते: सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: यम-राति (प्रातिपदिक; यम ‘यम’ + राति ‘दान/देय’)

• पुरोधत्से: you place/appoint in front; you set (as) a leader
• पुरोधत्से: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुरो-धा (धा धातु; ‘to place in front’)

• पुरुषम्: a man/person
• पुरुषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिरापिणम्: harmful, injuring; one who harms all around
• परिरापिणम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (participle-like)
• Root: परि-रापिन् (कृदन्त/विशेषण; राप्/रप्-सम्बद्ध ‘to injure, harm’ + -इन्)

• नमः: salutation, homage
• नमः: कर्म/भाव (salutation as the offered act)
• Type: Noun (indeclinable-like usage)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मै: to that (one), to him
• तस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृण्मः: we make/do
• कृण्मः: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कृञ् धातु ‘to do, make’)

• मा: do not
• मा: निषेध-सम्बन्ध (modifies verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• वनिम्: (my) voice/cry (or: longing)
• वनिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनि (प्रातिपदिक; AV usage: ‘voice/cry’ or ‘desire/longing’ depending on context)

• व्यथयीः: you should distress/shake
• व्यथयीः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यथय् (व्यथ् धातु-णिच् ‘to cause to be pained/shaken’)

• मम: of me, my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Arāti (addressed for pacification/repulsion)

Chandas: Within the hymn’s mixed meters (as per the input’s metrical note for the sukta)

Mantra Rasa

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