Mantra 2
Sukta 133
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आहुतास्यभिहुत ऋषीणामस्यायुधम्। पूर्वा व्रतस्य प्राश्नती वीरघ्नी भव मेखले
IAST Transliteration
āhútā́si abhíhutá ṛ́ṣīṇām asy ā́yudham | pū́rvā vratásya prāśnátī vīrághnī bhava mékhale ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Offered art thou, yea over-offered; thou art the seers’ weapon. Primeval of the vow, devouring—be thou a slayer of hostile men, O Girdle.
Word by Word
आहुतासिyou are offered/oblated
आहुतासि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootआ-हु (धातु) → आहुत (कृदन्त) + अस् (धातु)
अभिहुत(you) who are duly offered/oblated
अभिहुत:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootअभि-हु (धातु) → अभिहुत (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)
ऋषीणाम्of the seers
ऋषीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
आयुधम्weapon; implement
आयुधम्:
कर्तृ-प्रत्यय (as predicate nominative) / कर्म (if taken as object)
TypeNoun
Rootआयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वाformer; earlier
पूर्वा:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
व्रतस्यof the vow/observance
व्रतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राश्नतीeating; consuming
प्राश्नती:
कर्तृ (agent, describing the subject)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival) / Verb-form
Rootप्र-√अश् (अश्नाति) → प्राश्नत्/प्राश्नती (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
वीरघ्नीman-slaying; hero-slayer
वीरघ्नी:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (appositive epithet)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवीर-घ्नी (प्रातिपदिक; घ्नि-प्रत्ययः from √हन्/घ्ना ‘to slay’)
भवbecome; be
भव:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
मेfor me; to me
मे:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for me / of me)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मेखलेO girdle; O belt
मेखले:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootमेखला (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Mekhalā (personified); Ṛṣis as empowering authority
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; two pādas with compact cadence)
Mantra Rasa
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