Mantra 8

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत नग्ना बोभुवती स्वप्नया सचसे जनम्। अराते चित्तं वीर्त्सन्त्याकूतिं पुरुषस्य च

IAST Transliteration

utá nágnā bobhúvatī svapnáyā sacase jánam | ārāte cittáṃ vī́rtsanty ākū́tiṃ púruṣasya ca ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Yea, naked, arising, by dream thou clingest fast to men; O Ārāti, assailing mind and purpose—both the thought and the resolve of a person.

Word by Word

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• नग्ना: naked (female)
• नग्ना: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नग्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• बोभुवती: has become; has come to be
• बोभुवती: Kartā
• Type: Verb (finite, perfect) used adjectivally
• Root: भू (धातु) → बभूव (परस्मै) / बभूव (आत्मने) ; स्त्रीलिङ्गे वर्तमान-परिणामः

• स्वप्नया: by/with sleep; in sleep
• स्वप्नया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक) / स्वप्ना (स्त्री)

• सचसे: you associate/consort; you cling
• सचसे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु)

• जनम्: people; a person/folk
• जनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक) / जन (समूहः)

• अराते: of the hostile one; of the enemy
• अराते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति (प्रातिपदिक) / अरात (शत्रु)

• चित्तम्: mind; intention
• चित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) < चित् (धातु)

• वीर्त्सन्ती: seeking; striving for
• वीर्त्सन्ती: Kartā
• Type: Participle (present active) used as adjective
• Root: वृत्/वर्त् (धातु) + सन् (इच्छार्थक) → वर्त्सति (वैदिक: वीर्त्सति) ; वर्तमान-कृदन्त

• आकूतिम्: intention; resolve; plan
• आकूतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकूति (प्रातिपदिक) < आ + √कू (to intend/plan)

• पुरुषस्य: of the man/person
• पुरुषस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable anukramaṇī attribution)

Devata: Ārāti (as adversary) operating through Svapna; implicit protective powers invoked in surrounding verses of the hymn

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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