Mantra 2

Sukta 134

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अधरोऽधर उत्तरेभ्यो गूढः पृथिव्या मोत् सृपत्। वज्रेणावहतः शयाम्

IAST Transliteration

adháro’dhara úttarebhyo gūḍháḥ pṛthivyā́ mā́ út sṛ́pat | vájreṇā́vahatáḥ śayām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Lower, yea lower than the upper folk—hidden in the earth—let him not creep forth upward. Smitten down with the thunderbolt, may he lie.

Word by Word

• अधरः: lower (one/thing)
• अधरः: कर्तृ (वर्ण्य-वस्तु/विषयः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधरः: lower
• अधरः: कर्तृ (वर्ण्य-वस्तु/विषयः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तरेभ्यः: from the upper (regions/ones)
• उत्तरेभ्यः: अपादान
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

• गूढः: hidden
• गूढः: कर्तृ (वर्ण्य-वस्तु/विषयः)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: गुह् (धातु) → गूढ (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/क्त)

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• उत्: up/out (as verbal prefix)
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग)

• सृपत्: let it not creep out / may it not crawl out
• सृपत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृप् (धातु)

• वज्रेण: with the thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवहतः: strike down! / smite!
• अवहतः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-हन् (धातु: हन्, उपसर्गः अव)

• शयाम्: (into) a lying state; to the ground; to rest (as object of ‘smite’)
• शयाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शी (धातु) → शय (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक: ‘lying, bed’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Vajra/Indraic force; Earth as auxiliary power

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (short charm-verse; not securely classifiable from excerpt alone)

Mantra Rasa

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