Mantra 6
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
निर्द्विषन्तं दिवो निः पृथिव्या निरन्तरिक्षाद् भजाम
IAST Transliteration
nír dvíṣantaṁ divó níḥ pṛthivyā́ nír antárikṣād bhajām
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The hater—forth from heaven, forth from earth, forth from the mid-air—let us sever him away.
Translation
દ્વેષી ને—સ્વર્ગમાંથી બહાર, પૃથ્વીમાંથી બહાર, અંતરિક્ષમાંથી બહાર—અમે અલગ કરી દઈએ.
Word by Word
निर्द्विषन्तम्the hating one; the hostile one
निर्द्विषन्तम्:
कर्म (object of भजाम)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootद्विष् (dhātu) → द्विषन्त् (śatṛ-kṛdanta) with निः- (upasarga)
दिवःfrom heaven
दिवः:
अपादान (source: ‘from heaven’)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (prātipadika: द्यौ/दिव् ‘heaven’)
निःout; forth; away
निः:
(verb-modifier; marks separation/expulsion)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिः (indeclinable preverb/adverb)
पृथिव्याःfrom the earth
पृथिव्याः:
अपादान (source: ‘from earth’)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (prātipadika)
निःout; away
निः:
(verb-modifier; marks separation/expulsion)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिः (indeclinable preverb/adverb)
अन्तरिक्षात्from the atmosphere; from mid-space
अन्तरिक्षात्:
अपादान (source: ‘from mid-air/atmosphere’)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (prātipadika)
भजामI drive away / I remove / I banish
भजाम:
(finite verb; governs कर्म ‘निर्द्विषन्तम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootभज् (dhātu)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (cycle attribution)
Devata: Cosmic regions as operative powers; expulsion (nir-) as functional devatā
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (confirm by scan)
Mantra Rasa
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