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Mantra 1

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुन्दुभिः। उप श्वासय पृथिवीमुत द्यां पुरुत्रा ते वन्वतां विष्ठितं जगत्। स दुन्दुभे सजूरिन्द्रेण देवैर्दूराद् दवीयो अप सेध शत्रून्

IAST Transliteration

dundúbhiḥ | úpa śvāsaya pṛthivī́m utá dyā́ṃ purutrā́ te vanvatāṃ víṣṭhitaṃ jágat | sá dundubhe sajū́r índreṇa deváir dūrā́d davī́yo ápa sedha śátrūn

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the drum set thou earth and heaven a-breathing; far and wide let the established world bestir itself for thee. O Drum, in company with Indra and the Gods, from far, from farther yet, repel away the foes.

Word by Word
दुन्दुभिःwith drums (by means of the drum-sound)
दुन्दुभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootदुन्दुभि- (प्रातिपदिक)
उपup; near; (as preverb intensifying the verb)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
श्वासयmake (it) resound; cause to blow/breathe (i.e., sound the drum)
श्वासय:
—
TypeVerb
Root√श्वस् (श्वसँ प्राणने) → श्वासय (णिच् causative)
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी- (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (अव्यय)
द्याम्the sky
द्याम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ-/दिव्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sky’)
पुरुत्राin many places; far and wide
पुरुत्रा:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरुत्रा (अव्यय)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्- (सर्वनाम)
वन्वताम्of (those) striving/pressing on (i.e., of your impelling sounds/forces)
वन्वताम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeVerb
Root√वन्व्/√वन (वन्वँ/वनँ सम्भक्तौ/प्रार्थने; ‘to strive, seek, win’) → वन्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
विष्ठितम्set in motion; made to stand apart/firm; stirred (context: the world set/stirred)
विष्ठितम्:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Root√स्था (तिष्ठति) + वि- → विष्ठित (भूतकृदन्त)
जगत्the moving world; the universe
जगत्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक; from √गम्/√जग् ‘to move’)
सhe/it (that drum)
स:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम)
दुन्दुभेO drum
दुन्दुभे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदुन्दुभि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सजूर्together; in unison
सजूर्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसजूस्/सजूर् (अव्यय; ‘together, in concord’)
इन्द्रेणwith Indra
इन्द्रेण:
सह/करण (सहयोगे)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
देवैःwith the gods
देवैः:
सह/करण (सहयोगे)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
दूरात्from afar
दूरात्:
अपादान
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)
दवीयःfarther; more far away
दवीयः:
कर्म/क्रियाविशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootदवियस्- (तुलनात्मक/तरप्; from दूर/दव ‘far’)
अपaway; off
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सेधrepel; ward off; keep back
सेध:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सिध्/√सेध् (षिधँ/सेधँ प्रतिषेधे/निवारणे) → सेध (णिजन्त?; here imperative)
शत्रून्enemies
शत्रून्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु- (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Dundubhi (personified drum) allied with Indra

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-like mixed cadence (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

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