Mantra 3

Sukta 42

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभि तिष्ठामि ते मन्युं पार्ष्ण्या प्रपदेन च । यथावशो न वादिषो मम चित्तमुपायसि

IAST Transliteration

abhí tíṣṭhāmi te manyúṃ pārṣṇyā́ prápadena ca | yáthāvaśó ná vā́diṣo máma cittám upā́yasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I set my foot upon thy wrath, with heel and with the fore-step; so shalt thou, powerless, not speak against me, and unto my will thy mind shall draw near.

Word by Word

• अभि: towards; against; upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग) / अभि (अव्यय)

• तिष्ठामि: I stand; I step/plant myself
• तिष्ठामि: Kriyā (with अहम् as implied Kartā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठति)

• ते: your (of you)
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्)

• मन्युम्: wrath; anger; fury
• मन्युम्: Karma (object of अभि-तिष्ठामि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पार्ष्ण्या: with the heel
• पार्ष्ण्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्ष्णि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रपदेन: with the forepart of the foot; with the step/ball of the foot
• प्रपदेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• यथा: so that; just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• अवशः: helpless; powerless
• अवशः: Kartā (of implied ‘भवति/अस्ति’ in comparison)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवश (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• वादिषः: a speaker; one who utters (a word)
• वादिषः: Kartā (of implied ‘भवति/अस्ति’ in comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादिष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘one who speaks/utters’)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (मद्)

• चित्तम्: mind; intention; thought
• चित्तम्: Karma (object of उप-आ-यस्/उपायसि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपायसि: you approach; you come near/under control
• उपायसि: Kriyā (with त्वम् as implied Kartā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (इ) with उप-आ- (उपायाति/उपायसि)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in the supplied excerpt; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angirasic in anukramaṇī groupings)

Devata: Manyu (wrath) / the opponent’s anger as the operative target

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; typical for such quatrain structure)

Mantra Rasa

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