Mantra 7
Sukta 14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदि वासि देवकृता यदि वा पुरुषैः कृता। तां त्वा पुनर्णयामसीन्द्रेण सयुजा वयम्
IAST Transliteration
yádi vā́si devákṛtā yádi vā́ púruṣaiḥ kṛtā | tā́m tvā́ púnar nayāmasī́ndreṇa sayújā vayám ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
If thou be wrought by Gods, or if by men thou hast been wrought, thee—this same spell—we lead we back again, we in joint yoke with Indra.
Word by Word
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
असि(you) are / you exist
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (अस्ति) धातु
देवकृताmade by the gods
देवकृता:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootदेव + कृ (कृञ्) धातु
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
पुरुषैःby men / by humans
पुरुषैः:
Kartā (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः: ‘by men’) / Karaṇa (agent-instrumental usage)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
कृताmade
कृता:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (कृञ्) धातु
ताम्that (her/it)
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma (द्वितीय कर्म; ‘you’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुनःagain, back
पुनः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
नयामसिwe lead/bring
नयामसि:
— (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनी (नयति) धातु
इन्द्रेणwith/through Indra
इन्द्रेण:
Karaṇa (means/agency)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सयुजाin companionship/yoked together (with him)
सयुजा:
Karaṇa / सहार्थ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootस-युज् (युज् ‘to yoke/join’) → ‘सयुज्’ (प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain in this prompt)
Devata: Indra (as helper) and Kṛtyā (as addressed hostile entity)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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