Mantra 13

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य आत्मानमतिमात्रमंस आधाय बिभ्रति । स्त्रीणां श्रोणिप्रतोदिन इन्द्र रक्षांसि नाशय

IAST Transliteration

yá ātmā́nam ati-mā́tram áṃsa ādhā́ya bíbhrati | strīṇā́ṃ śróṇi-pratodína índra rákṣāṃsi nāśaya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those who, having assumed their self beyond measure, bear it upon the shoulder—those hip-stabbers of women—O Indra, the rākṣasas do thou destroy.

Translation

A aquellos que, habiendo llevado su propio ser más allá de toda medida, lo cargan sobre el hombro; a los que hieren las caderas de las mujeres —oh Indra, destruye a esos rākṣasas.

Word by Word

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

• आत्मानम्: the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिमात्रम्: excessive, beyond measure
• अतिमात्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिमात्र (प्रातिपदिक; अति + मात्रा)

• अंसः: on the shoulder
• अंसः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंस (प्रातिपदिक)

• आधाय: having placed
• आधाय: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: धा (धातु) उपसर्गः आ-

• बिभ्रति: they bear/carry
• बिभ्रति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु)

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• स्त्रीणाम्: (सम्बन्धः/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोणि-प्रतोदिनः: (O Indra,) goader/striker at the hips (of women)
• श्रोणि-प्रतोदिनः: Sambodhana/Viśeṣaṇa (of Indra)
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: श्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतोदिन् (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति + तुद् ‘to strike’ → प्रतोदिन् ‘goading/urging’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षांसि: demons/evil spirits
• रक्षांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाशय: destroy, cause to perish
• नाशय: (आज्ञार्थे क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (imperative)
• Root: नश्/नाशय (णिजन्त; causative of √नश् ‘to perish’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Indra (as rakṣohā)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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