Mantra 10
Sukta 14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
पुत्र इव पितरं गच्छ स्वज इवाभिष्ठितो दश । बन्धमिवावक्रामी गच्छ कृत्ये कृत्याकृतं पुनः
IAST Transliteration
putrá iva pitáraṃ gaccha svajá ivā́bhiṣṭhito daśa | bandhám ivāvakrāmī́ gaccha kṛ́tye kṛtyākṛtáṃ púnaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Go, like a son unto his father; like one’s own driven kinsman, fasten and bite. Like a bond that slips away, depart: O Kṛtyā, go back unto the maker of the Kṛtyā.
Word by Word
पुत्रःa son
पुत्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
पितरम्(one’s) father
पितरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
गच्छgo!
गच्छ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
स्वजःa kinsman/one’s own (relative)
स्वजः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootस्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
अभिष्ठितःpressed/urged on, driven
अभिष्ठितः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअभि-स्था (धातु) → अभिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
दशten
दश:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदश (अव्यय/संख्याशब्द)
बन्धम्a bond, fetter
बन्धम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
अवक्रामीstepping down/away; withdrawing
अवक्रामी:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअव-क्रम् (धातु) → अवक्रामिन्/अवक्रामी (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
गच्छgo!
गच्छ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
कृत्येO witchcraft/evil spell
कृत्ये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
कृत्याwitchcraft, harmful spell
कृत्या:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
कृतम्done, made
कृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
पुनःback, again
पुनः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Kṛtyā (addressed) / the counter-force of return
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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