Mantra 10

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपक्रीताः सहीयसीर्वीरुधो या अभिष्टुताः । त्रायन्तामस्मिन् ग्रामे गामश्वं पुरुषं पशुम्

IAST Transliteration

apakṛītā́ḥ sahī́yasīr vīrúdho yā́ abhíṣṭutāḥ | trā́yantām asmín grā́me gā́m áśvaṃ púruṣaṃ paśúm

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bought off and mightier—those Plants which have been duly praised—let them in this village guard the cow, the horse, the man, the beast.

Word by Word

• अपक्रीताः: bought off / bribed away
• अपक्रीताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपक्रीत (क्री- ‘to buy’, उपसर्ग: अप-) [PPP]

• सहीयसीः: stronger (fem. pl.)
• सहीयसीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहीयस् (सह- ‘strong’, comparative stem)

• वीरुधः: plants; healing herbs
• वीरुधः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध् (प्रातिपदिक)

• याः: which (fem. pl.)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिष्टुताः: praised; invoked
• अभिष्टुताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिष्टुत (स्तु- ‘to praise’, उपसर्ग: अभि-) [PPP]

• त्रायन्ताम्: let them protect
• त्रायन्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा- ‘to protect’

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ग्रामे: village
• ग्रामे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)

• गाम्: cow; cattle
• गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वम्: horse
• अश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुषम्: man; person
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• पशुम्: beast; livestock
• पशुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Vīrudhaḥ/Oṣadhayaḥ as protectors; implicitly Rakṣohā function

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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