Mantra 3

Sukta 42

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभि तिष्ठामि ते मन्युं पार्ष्ण्या प्रपदेन च । यथावशो न वादिषो मम चित्तमुपायसि

IAST Transliteration

abhí tíṣṭhāmi te manyúṃ pārṣṇyā́ prápadena ca | yáthāvaśó ná vā́diṣo máma cittám upā́yasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I set my foot upon thy wrath, with heel and with the fore-step; so shalt thou, powerless, not speak against me, and unto my will thy mind shall draw near.

Translation

Je foule ta colère, du talon et de l’avant du pied. Ainsi, impuissant, tu ne parleras pas contre moi, et ton esprit s’approchera de ma volonté.

Word by Word

• अभि: towards; against; upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग) / अभि (अव्यय)

• तिष्ठामि: I stand; I step/plant myself
• तिष्ठामि: Kriyā (with अहम् as implied Kartā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठति)

• ते: your (of you)
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्)

• मन्युम्: wrath; anger; fury
• मन्युम्: Karma (object of अभि-तिष्ठामि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पार्ष्ण्या: with the heel
• पार्ष्ण्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्ष्णि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रपदेन: with the forepart of the foot; with the step/ball of the foot
• प्रपदेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• यथा: so that; just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• अवशः: helpless; powerless
• अवशः: Kartā (of implied ‘भवति/अस्ति’ in comparison)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवश (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• वादिषः: a speaker; one who utters (a word)
• वादिषः: Kartā (of implied ‘भवति/अस्ति’ in comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादिष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘one who speaks/utters’)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (मद्)

• चित्तम्: mind; intention; thought
• चित्तम्: Karma (object of उप-आ-यस्/उपायसि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपायसि: you approach; you come near/under control
• उपायसि: Kriyā (with त्वम् as implied Kartā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (इ) with उप-आ- (उपायाति/उपायसि)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in the supplied excerpt; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angirasic in anukramaṇī groupings)

Devata: Manyu (wrath) / the opponent’s anger as the operative target

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; typical for such quatrain structure)

Mantra Rasa

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