Mantra 1
Sukta 138
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
क्लबत्वम्। त्वं वीरुधां श्रेष्ठतमाभिश्रुतास्योषधे । इमं मे अद्य पुरुषं क्लीबमोपशिनं कृधि
IAST Transliteration
klábatvam | tváṃ vīrúdhāṃ śréṣṭhatamābhiśrutā́sy oṣadhe | imáṃ me adyá púruṣaṃ klībám upaśínam kṛdhi ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Impotence: Thou art the most excellent of plants, a herb of famed repute. Make this man for me, even to-day, impotent and submissive.
Word by Word
क्लैब्यत्वम्impotence; eunuchhood (the condition)
क्लैब्यत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्लैब्यत्व (प्रातिपदिक; क्लीब- + -त्व) अथवा क्लैब्य (नपुंसकलिङ्ग भाववाचक)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वीरुधाम्of plants/creepers (herbs)
वीरुधाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootवीरुध् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
श्रेष्ठतमाmost excellent
श्रेष्ठतमा:
Viśeṣaṇa (of the addressed herb)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठतम (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; श्रेष्ठ + तमप्)
अभिश्रुतासिyou are well-heard-of / renowned
अभिश्रुतासि:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-श्रु (धातु) → अभिश्रुत (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत) + अस् (धातु, लट्)
ओषधेO herb
ओषधे:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मेfor me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अद्यtoday; now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa (time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
पुरुषम्man; person
पुरुषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
क्लीबम्impotent; emasculated
क्लीबम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (of पुरुषम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्लीब (विशेषण/संज्ञा-प्रातिपदिक)
उपशिनम्lying low; subdued/abject
उपशिनम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (of पुरुषम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउपशिन (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; उप-शि/शय् इत्यादि-सम्बद्धः, ‘lying down/abject’ इत्यर्थे)
कृधिmake; render
कृधि:
Kriyā (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (abhicāra hymns often have variable attributions)
Devata: Oṣadhi (herb), as coercive power
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by scansion)
Mantra Rasa
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