Mantra 5

Sukta 139

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा नकुलो विच्छिद्य संदधात्यहिं पुनः । एवा कामस्य विच्छिन्नं सं धेहि वीर्यावति

IAST Transliteration

yáthā nakuló vicchídya saṃdadhā́ty áhíṃ púnaḥ | evā́ kā́masya vicchínnaṃ sáṃ dhehi vī́ryāvati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As the mongoose, having rent apart, joins up again the serpent, even so, O mighty one, restore and knit together what of love is broken off.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as / as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• नकुलः: the mongoose
• नकुलः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल (प्रातिपदिक)

• विच्छिद्य: having cut/severed
• विच्छिद्य: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छिद् (छेदने) उपसर्ग: वि-

• संदधाति: puts together / joins
• संदधाति: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे/स्थापने) उपसर्ग: सम्-

• अहिम्: the serpent
• अहिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (avyaya)

• एव: so / just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• कामस्य: of desire / of Kāma
• कामस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• विच्छिन्नम्: cut off / severed
• विच्छिन्नम्: Karma (विशेष्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वि-√छिद् → विच्छिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• संधेहि: join together / restore
• संधेहि: Kriyā (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√धा (स्थापने/संयोजने)

• वीर्यावति: O powerful one / in the powerful (female) [i.e., the charm/herb]
• वीर्यावति: Adhikaraṇa (संबोधन/सम्बन्ध-स्थान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Saṃdhāna-śakti (restorative power), implicitly Kāma; addressed ‘vīryāvati’ as empowered agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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