Mantra 14

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वनस्पतीन् वानस्पत्यानोषधीरुत वीरुधः । द्विपाच्चतुष्पादिष्णामि यथा सेनाममूं हनन्

IAST Transliteration

vanaspátīn vānaspatyā́n óṣadhīr utá vīrúdhaḥ | dvipā́c cátuṣpād iṣṇā́mi yáthā sénām amū́ṃ hánan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The forest-lords, the forest-born, the herbs and the creeping plants—bipeds and quadrupeds I set in motion, that they may smite that yonder host.

Word by Word

• वनस्पतीन्: trees / lords of the forest
• वनस्पतीन्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक) < वन + पति

• वानस्पत्यान्: things derived from trees; arboreal products
• वानस्पत्यान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: वानस्पत्य (प्रातिपदिक) < वनस्पति + यत् (तद्धित)

• ओषधीः: medicinal herbs
• ओषधीः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• वीरुधः: creepers; climbing plants
• वीरुधः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध् (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्विपात्: the two-footed (humans)
• द्विपात्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: द्विपाद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चतुष्पात्: the four-footed (cattle/animals)
• चतुष्पात्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: चतुष्पाद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इष्णामि: I set in motion / I impel / I direct
• इष्णामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु) ‘इच्छति/प्रेरयति’

• यथा: so that; in such a way that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सेनाम्: army; host
• सेनाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमूम्: that (yonder)
• अमूम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हन्: strike! slay!
• हन्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb (injunctive/imperative-like Vedic form)
• Root: हन् (धातु) ‘हिंसायाम्’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Vanaspati/Oṣadhi/Vīrudh (personified vegetal powers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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