Mantra 4

Sukta 32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तिस्रो दिवो अत्यतृणत् तिस्र इमाः पृथिवीरुत। त्वयाहं दुर्हार्दो जिह्वां नि तृणद्मि वचांसि

IAST Transliteration

tísro divó áty atṛṇat tísra imā́ḥ pṛthivī́r utá | tváyāháṃ durhā́rdo jihvā́ṃ ní tṛṇadmi vácāṃsi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Three heavens hath it overmastered, and these three earths likewise. With thee I press down the tongue of the ill-hearted; I trample down his words.

Translation

Trois cieux il a domptés, et ces trois terres de même. Avec toi j’abaisse la langue de l’homme au cœur mauvais ; je foule ses paroles.

Word by Word

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → तिसृ

• दिवः: of heaven / of the sky
• दिवः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव् ‘स्वर्ग/दिव्’)

• अत्यतृणत्: cut through / pierced
• अत्यतृणत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृद्/तृणद् (धातु: तृद् ‘छेदन/भेदन’), उपसर्ग: अति

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → तिसृ

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवीः: earths / the earth (as threefold)
• पृथिवीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and / also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• त्वया: by you / with you
• त्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुर्हार्दः: hard-hearted / of ill-will
• दुर्हार्दः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्हार्द (प्रातिपदिक; दुḥ- + हार्द ‘हृदयसम्बन्धी/हृदयगत’)

• जिह्वाम्: tongue
• जिह्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down / away (intensifying the action)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तृणद्मि: I cut off / I sever
• तृणद्मि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृद्/तृणद् (धातु: तृद् ‘छेदन/भेदन’)

• वचांसि: words / utterances
• वचांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type for such charms; specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input)

Devata: Darbha (personified as a power/implement); indirectly the cosmic order it spans (heavens/earths)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; many AV 19.x charms are in anuṣṭubh-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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