Mantra 2

Sukta 65

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

निर्हस्तेभ्यो नैर्हस्तं यं देवाः शरुमस्यथ । वृश्चामि शत्रूणां बाहूननेन हविषाहम्

IAST Transliteration

nír-hastebhyo naír-hastáṃ yáṃ devā́ḥ śárum ásyatha | vṛścā́mi śátrūṇāṃ bāhū́n anéna havíṣā́hám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From the handed do ye make the handless—ye Gods—when ye cast the missile. I cut away the enemies’ arms with this oblation, even I.

Word by Word

• निर्हस्तेभ्यः: from the handless (ones)
• निर्हस्तेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्हस्त (निर्-हस्त) (प्रातिपदिक)

• नैर्हस्तम्: handlessness; the state of being without hands
• नैर्हस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: नैर्हस्त (निर्हस्त-सम्बन्धी) (प्रातिपदिक)

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• शरुम्: a missile/weapon (dart, arrow)
• शरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्यथ: you (pl.) cast/threw
• अस्यथ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु; ‘to throw/cast’—Vedic usage)

• वृश्चामि: I cut off
• वृश्चामि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृश्च् (धातु; ‘to cut off’)

• शत्रूणाम्: of (my) enemies
• शत्रूणाम्: (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• बाहून्: arms
• बाहून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हविषा: with the oblation
• हविषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic tradition (enemy-disabling set)

Devata: Devas collectively; weapon-power (śaru) as invoked precedent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (requires verification)

Mantra Rasa

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