Mantra 2
Sukta 116
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यो अन्येद्युरुभयद्युरभ्येतीमं मण्डूकमभ्येऽत्वव्रतः
IAST Transliteration
yó anyedyúḥ ubháyadyúḥ abhyéti imáṃ maṇḍū́kam abhí etu avratáḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
What fever, whether of the next day or of both days, cometh on—let that lawless one go forth upon this frog.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्येद्युःon another day / the next day
अन्येद्युः:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्येद्युः (अव्यय; अन्य + इद्युः/द्युः ‘day’)
उभयद्युःon both days
उभयद्युः:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउभयद्युः (अव्यय; उभय + द्युः ‘day’)
अभ्येतिapproaches / comes up to
अभ्येति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (इण्) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)
इमम्this
इमम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मण्डूकम्frog
मण्डूकम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमण्डूक (प्रातिपदिक)
अभ्येतिapproaches
अभ्येति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (इण्) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)
अत्वव्रतःone whose vow/observance is ‘atva’ (i.e., of a peculiar/irregular observance)
अत्वव्रतः:
कर्तृ (यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअत्वव्रत (प्रातिपदिक; अत्व + व्रत)
Attribution
Rishi: As hymn 7.116 (Anukramaṇī attribution requires edition confirmation).
Devata: Jvara (intermittent/quotidian forms).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (requires verification).
Mantra Rasa
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