Mantra 52

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आददानमाङ्गिरसि ब्रह्मज्यमुप दासय

IAST Transliteration

ādadā́nam āṅgirasi brahmajyám úpa dāsaya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Seizing (the foe), O Angiras, apply the brahma-weapon: bring him low to subjection.

Translation

Saisissant (l’ennemi), ô Aṅgiras, applique l’arme de Brahman; abaisse-le jusqu’à la soumission.

Word by Word

• आददानम्: taking, seizing
• आददानम्: कर्म (of दासय)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: आ-दा (√दा ‘to take’) → आददान (शतृ-प्रत्यय) / प्रातिपदिक: आददान

• आङ्गिरसि: O Āṅgirasa / in the line of Aṅgiras
• आङ्गिरसि: अधिकारण (locative: ‘in/among the Āṅgirasa’) / संबोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (proper/tribal designation)
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक; patronymic/name)

• ब्रह्मज्यम्: the brahma-‘string/charge’ (sacred cord/weapon; charm-force)
• ब्रह्मज्यम्: कर्म (of उप दासय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मज्य (प्रातिपदिक; brahma + jyá ‘(sacred) bow-string/cord’ or ‘brahma-weapon/charge’ in Atharvanic charm diction)

• उप: towards, into (subjection)
• उप: — (modifies verbal action; ‘towards/near, into subjection’)
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दासय: subdue!, make (it/them) a servant!, bring under control!
• दासय: क्रिया (main predicate); implied कर्ता = ‘त्वम्’
• Type: Verb
• Root: दासय (causative from √दस्/√दाश?; standard Vedic causative ‘to make (someone/something) a dāsa, to subdue/enslave’)

Attribution

Rishi: Angiras (invoked; r̥ṣi-line foregrounded)

Devata: Angiras / Brahmanic weapon-power (brahmajyá)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like segment (but Atharvanic meter irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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