Mantra 10

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपथेना जभारैणां तां पथेतः प्र हिण्मसि । अधीरो मर्याधीरेभ्यः सं जभाराचित्त्या

IAST Transliteration

ápathenā́ jabhā́rāināṃ tā́ṃ pathétaḥ prá hiṇmasi | ádhīro maryādhī́rebhyaḥ sáṃ jabhārā́cittyā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By a path astray he hath brought her hither: from the pathway do we drive her forth. The reckless one—from reckless men—hath wholly brought her by unthinking heedlessness.

Word by Word

• अपथेना: by/with the wrong path; by a pathless (way)
• अपथेना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-पथ (प्रातिपदिक) / पथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• जभार: has seized / has carried off
• जभार: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरति) with preverb ज- (intensive/strengthened perfect stem)

• एणाम्: them (f.)
• एणाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एना (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘this/that (f.)’)

• ताम्: that (f.)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• पथेतः: from the path
• पथेतः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• हिṇ्मसि: we drive away / we smite
• हिṇ्मसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हनति) / वैदिक रूप √हिण्/हिण्म् (to drive away, smite)

• अधीरो: unsteady, not firm
• अधीरो: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-धीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्यः: young man; mortal
• मर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधीरेभ्यः: from the unsteady ones
• अधीरेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-धीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• जभार: has seized / has carried off
• जभार: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरति) with preverb ज- (intensive/strengthened perfect stem)

• अचित्त्या: by thoughtlessness; by lack of sense
• अचित्त्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (abstract/instrumental) / Adjective used substantively
• Root: अ-चित्त्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘unintelligent/without sense’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (cycle attribution variable)

Devata: Kṛtyā/evil conveyance (no single high deity; operative power is the charm itself)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verse is in AV-style anuṣṭubh cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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