Mantra 3
Sukta 66
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
निर्हस्ताः सन्तु शत्रवोऽङ्गैषां म्लापयामसि । अथैषामिन्द्र वेदांसि शतशो वि भजामहै
IAST Transliteration
nír-hastāḥ santu śátravó ’ṅgáiṣāṃ mlāpayāmasi | átha eṣām índra védāṃsi śatáśo ví bhajāmahai
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Disarmed be the foes; their limbs we cause to languish. Then, O Indra, their counsels—by hundreds—may we rend asunder and divide.
Word by Word
निर्हस्ताःhandless, deprived of hands
निर्हस्ताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्हस्त (nir-hasta) [प्रातिपदिक]
सन्तुlet (them) be
सन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (as) धातु
शत्रवःenemies
शत्रवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु (śatru) [प्रातिपदिक]
अङ्गैःwith (their) limbs
अङ्गैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (aṅga) [प्रातिपदिक]
एषाम्of these/their
एषाम्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (etad) सर्वनाम
म्लापयामसिwe cause to wither/we weaken
म्लापयामसि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootम्ला (mlā) धातु (प्रेरण, णिच्) → म्लापय-
अथthen/and then
अथ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (avyaya)
एषाम्of these/their
एषाम्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (etad) सर्वनाम
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sampradāna (आह्वान/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (indra) [प्रातिपदिक]
वेदांसिknowledges/counsels (plans)
वेदांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेद (veda) [प्रातिपदिक]
शतशःby hundreds; in hundreds
शतशः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशतशस् (śataśas) avyaya
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootवि (upasarga/avyaya)
भजामहैwe divide/distribute
भजामहै:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभज् (bhaj) धातु
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (probable; not fully verified)
Mantra Rasa
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