Mantra 19
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ये अम्नो जातान् मारयन्ति सूतिका अनुशेरते । स्त्रीभागान् पिङ्गो गन्धर्वान् वातो अभ्रमिवाजतु
IAST Transliteration
yé amnáḥ jātā́n māráyanti sūtíkā anuśérate | strībhā́gān píṅgo gandharvā́n vā́to abhrám-iva ā́jatu
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
They who from the birth would slay the newborn, who follow and lie beside the lying-in woman—those woman-sharing Gandharvas may Piṅga, as wind a cloud, drive forth away.
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
अम्नःof the embryo/offspring (of the womb)
अम्नः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअम्न (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अम्न’ = गर्भ/भ्रूण/अपत्य-सम्बन्ध)
जातान्born (newborn ones)
जातान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (past participle)
Root√जन् (जनने) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
मारयन्तिkill / cause to die
मारयन्ति:
(with ये) Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√मृ (हिंसायाम्) caus. √मारय्
सूतिकाthe lying-in woman / woman in childbirth
सूतिका:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूतिका (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुशेरतेlie along/after; lie in wait; sleep near
अनुशेरते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootअनु + √शी (शयने) → अनुशेरते
स्त्रीभागान्women’s shares/portions (female allotments)
स्त्रीभागान्:
Karma
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootस्त्री + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
पिङ्गःthe tawny one (epithet)
पिङ्गः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
गन्धर्वान्Gandharvas
गन्धर्वान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
वातःwind
वातः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
अभ्रम्cloud
अभ्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आजतुlet (him/it) drive away / impel
आजतु:
(with वातः) Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootआ + √जु/√जव् (वेगे/गत्यर्थे; ‘to drive/impel’) → आजतु
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic (hymn attribution tradition)
Devata: Piṅga (expeller) and vāta (as expulsion-force); targets: Gandharvas
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.
Mantra Rasa
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