Mantra 7
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यस्त्वा स्वप्ने निपद्यते भ्राता भूत्वा पितेव च । बजस्तान्त्सहतामितः क्लीबरूपांस्तिरीटिनः
IAST Transliteration
yás tvā svápne nipádyate bhrā́tā bhūtvā pitā́va ca | bajás tā́n tsahatām itáḥ klībarū́pāṃs tirī́ṭinaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whoso in dream falls upon thee, becoming brother, and as it were father—Baja, from hence overpower those prowlers, making them of impotent form.
Word by Word
यःwho (he)
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / य-
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वप्नेin (a) dream
स्वप्ने:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
निपद्यतेfalls upon / approaches
निपद्यते:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√पद् (पद्यते) उपसर्गः नि-
भ्राता(as) a brother
भ्राता:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-भावेन)
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerbal indeclinable (gerund)
Root√भू (भवति) → भूत्वा
पिता(as) a father
पिता:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-भावेन)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
बजःBaja (a demon/evil being; name of the afflicter)
बजः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootबज (प्रातिपदिक)
तान्those (persons/beings)
तान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सहताम्let (him/it) overpower / subdue
सहताम्:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (injunctive/imperative-type form used in charms)
Root√सह् (सहते) / सह (to endure, overpower)
इतःfrom here / hence
इतः:
अपादान (दिशा/स्थान-निर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable (ablatival adverb)
Rootइतः (इदम्-तसिल्)
क्लीबरूपान्having impotent/effeminate form
क्लीबरूपान्:
कर्म (तान् इति विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्लीब-रूप (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
तिरिटिनःthe Tiriṭis (a class of malevolent beings/afflicters)
तिरिटिनः:
कर्तृ (सहताम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootतिरिटि (प्रातिपदिक; demon/afflicter-name) अथवा तिरिटिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (generic attribution)
Devata: Baja / protective brahman against tirīṭin-prowlers
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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