Mantra 16

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर्यस्ताक्षा अप्रचङ्कशा अस्त्रैणाः सन्तु पण्डगाः । अव भेषज पादय य इमां संविवृत्सत्यपतिः स्वपतिं स्त्रियम्

IAST Transliteration

paryastākṣā́ apracaṅkaśā́ astréṇāḥ santu páṇḍagā́ḥ | áva bheṣaja pādaya yá imā́ṃ saṃvivṛ́t satyápatíḥ svapatíṃ stríyam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Overturned of eye, unsteady of step, weapon-bearing—let the Pāṇḍagas be such. O Remedy, strike down and cast away him who hath closed upon this woman, true-wived, joined to her rightful lord.

Word by Word

• पर्यस्ताक्षाः: having their eyes cast down/overturned
• पर्यस्ताक्षाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√अस् (अस्यति) / अस्त (ppp) + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्रचङ्कशाः: not peeping about; not looking around
• अप्रचङ्कशाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√चङ्कश् (चङ्कशति) (प्रातिपदिक/विशेषण) + अ- (निषेध)

• अस्त्रेणाः: weapon-bearing; armed
• अस्त्रेणाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (instrumental qualifier) / Adjective
• Root: अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सन्तु: let them be
• सन्तु: (विधेय-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्ति)

• पण्डगाः: Pāṇḍaga-s (a class of beings/creatures; here as hostile entities)
• पण्डगाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण्डग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down; away
• अव: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• भेषज: O remedy; O healing medicine
• भेषज: Sampradāna (आह्वान/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• पादय: drive away; cause to depart
• पादय: (विधेय-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पद्/√पादय् (पादयति) (causative)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इमाम्: this (woman)
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• संविवृत्सति: desires to turn/approach; seeks to have intercourse (contextual)
• संविवृत्सति: (विधेय-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-वि-√वृत् (वर्तते/विवर्तते) → विवृत्सति (desiderative)

• अपतिः: one without a husband; a husbandless man (paramour)
• अपतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वपतिम्: her own husband
• स्वपतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्त्रियम्: woman
• स्त्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (as per AV anukramaṇī tradition for this hymn cluster)

Devata: Bheṣaj (Remedy) as devatā; hostile Pāṇḍagas as targets

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with technical names affecting metrical regularity).

Mantra Rasa

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