Mantra 8
Sukta 13
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उरुगूलाया दुहिता जाता दास्यसिक्न्या । प्रतङ्कं दद्रुषीणां सर्वासामरसं विषम्
IAST Transliteration
urugū́lāyā duhitā́ jātā́ dāsyásiknyāḥ | pratáṅkaṃ dadr̥śī́nāṃ sárvāsām arásaṃ viṣám
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Born as the daughter of Urugūlā, of the dark slave-woman: Prataṅka—of the Dadr̥śīs, of them all—(be) poison made sapless.
Word by Word
उरुगूलायाःof Urugūlā (a female being/name)
उरुगूलायाः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootउरुगूला (प्रातिपदिक) < उरु- + गूला
दुहिताःdaughter
दुहिताः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
जाताःborn
जाताः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Root√जन् (जायते) → जात (क्त-प्रत्यय)
दास्यसिyou will give
दास्यसि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√दा (ददाति) भविष्यत्
सिक्न्यैto Siknī (the dark one)
सिक्न्यै:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootसिक्नी (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री, ‘dark/black one’, also used as a proper name/epithet)
प्रतङ्कम्a snare/entanglement; a binding (charm)
प्रतङ्कम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
दद्रुषीणाम्of the (female) lookers/observers
दद्रुषीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun (agentive/participle used substantively)
Root√दृश् (पश्यति) → दद्रुश्/ददृश् (परिपूर्ण/अभ्यास-रूप) → दद्रुषी (स्त्री; ‘seeing/looking’)
सर्वासाम्of all (of them)
सर्वासाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootसर्व (सर्वा-; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अरसम्tasteless; sapless
अरसम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-रस (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
विषम्poison
विषम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Viṣa; named poison-agents (Urugūlā, Prataṅka, Dadr̥śī-s)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
Mantra Rasa
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