Mantra 3

Sukta 115

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एकशतं लक्ष्म्यो३मर्त्यस्य साकं तन्वाऽजनुषोऽधि जाताः । तासां पापिष्ठा निरितः प्र हिण्मः शिवा अस्मभ्यं जातवेदो नि यच्छ

IAST Transliteration

ékaśataṃ lakṣmyò martyásya sā́kaṃ tanvā́ janúṣo’dhí jātā́ḥ | tāsā́ṃ pā́piṣṭhā níritáḥ prá hiṇmaḥ śivā́ asmábhyaṃ jātavedo ní yaccha ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A hundred are the Lakṣmīs of a mortal, born together with the body, from birth, set upon him. The most evil of them, from Nirrti, forth do we drive away; the kindly ones, O Jātavedas, do thou establish fast for us.

Word by Word

• एकशतम्: one hundred
• एकशतम्: विशेषण (लक्ष्म्यः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक-शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा समास: एक + शतम्

• लक्ष्म्यः: (the) Lakṣmīs; fortunes/prosperities
• लक्ष्म्यः: कर्तृ (जाताः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्त्यस्य: of a mortal
• मर्त्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (लक्ष्म्यः—whose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• साकम्: together (with)
• साकम्: सह (सहकारक-अर्थे; तन्‍वा सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (अव्यय)

• तन्वा: with the body; with oneself
• तन्वा: करण/सह (साकम् इत्यनेन सह—‘with the body/self’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजनुषः: from birth
• अजनुषः: अपादान (origin: from birth)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अजनुष् (अव्यय/निपात; ‘from birth’)

• अधि: upon; over
• अधि: अधिकारण/उपपद (जा॒ताः इत्यस्य—‘upon/over’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• जाताः: born; arisen
• जाताः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (लक्ष्म्यः—‘born/produced’)
• Type: Verb (participial)
• Root: √जन् (जायते) → जात (क्त-प्रत्यय)

• तासाम्: of those
• तासाम्: सम्बन्ध (of those)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पापिष्ठा: the most evil (one)
• पापिष्ठा: कर्म (निरितः प्रहिण्मः—that which is to be driven away)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + इष्ठ (तमप्/इष्ठ-प्रत्यय; superlative)

• निरितः: from Nirṛti; from misfortune/ruin
• निरितः: अपादान (from Nirṛti/misfortune)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरिति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘misfortune, destruction, evil power’)

• प्र: forth; away
• प्र: क्रियाविशेषण (hiṇmas इत्यस्य—forth/away)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हिण्मः: we drive away; we send off
• हिण्मः: क्रिया (मुख्या)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हिण्/√हिण्म् (प्रहिण्मः = ‘we drive/send away’; धातु-परम्परा: √हिण् ‘to impel/drive’)

• शिवाः: auspicious; kindly
• शिवाः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (लक्ष्म्यः—auspicious)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to/for us
• अस्मभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान (for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni; knower of births)
• जातवेदः: सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि/देवता-नाम)

• नि: down; in; firmly
• नि: क्रियाविशेषण (यच्छ इत्यस्य—down/into, firmly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यच्छ: grant; bestow; hold (for us)
• यच्छ: क्रिया (आज्ञा/प्रार्थना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति ‘to restrain/hold; to grant/assign’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Nirrti as the source-domain of the expelled portion

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (to be confirmed by syllable count in a critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

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