Mantra 9

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वरणेन प्रव्यथिता भ्रातृव्या मे सबन्धवः । असूर्तं रजो अप्यगुस्ते यन्त्वधमं तमः

IAST Transliteration

varaṇéna prá-vyathitā bhrā́tṛvyā me sá-bandhavaḥ | asū́rtaṃ rájo ápy agus té yantu adhámaṃ támaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By the Varana are my rival kinsmen, with all their allies, sorely disquieted: into the sunless murk they have gone—let them pass to the nethermost darkness.

Translation

वरुण (वराण) के द्वारा मेरे शत्रु-बंधु, अपने सब सहायक बंधुओं सहित, अत्यन्त व्याकुल किए गए हैं। वे सूर्यहीन धुंध में जा पड़े हैं—वे अधमतम अंधकार की ओर ही जाएँ।

Word by Word

• वरणेन: by means of ‘varaṇa’ (a protective covering/means; possibly the varaṇa-plant/rite)
• वरणेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वरण’ = आवरण/रक्षण/वरण-नामक उपाय/मन्त्र) अथवा ‘वरण’ (वृक्ष-विशेष)

• प्रव्यथिताः: thoroughly distressed/afflicted
• प्रव्यथिताः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: वि-व्यथ् (धातु: व्यथ् ‘to tremble/be distressed’) + प्र- (उपसर्ग) ; क्त (PPP) आधार

• भ्रातृव्याः: rivals/enemies
• भ्रातृव्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृव्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rival/hostile kinsman, enemy’)

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• सबन्धवः: together with (their) relatives
• सबन्धवः: Kartā (भ्रातृव्याः इत्यस्य सहपद/विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘with (their) kinsmen/relatives’)

• असूर्तम्: unillumined, sunless
• असूर्तम्: Karma (गन्तव्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-सूर्त (प्रातिपदिक; ‘unlit/unsunned, not illumined’; सूर्त < √सूर्/√सुव्? वैदिके ‘सूर्त’ = ‘सूर्येण/प्रकाशेन सूचित/प्रकाशित’)

• रजः: gloom/dark region
• रजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘darkness, dust, gloom; the dim region/space’)

• अप्यगुः: they went/they have gone
• अप्यगुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अपि-√गम् (धातु: गम् ‘to go’) ; लुङ् (aorist) 3rd pl.

• ते: they/those (people)
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• यन्तु: let them go
• यन्तु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु: या ‘to go’)

• अधमम्: to the lowest
• अधमम्: Karma (गन्तव्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lowest’)

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘darkness’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (protective/expulsive charm corpus)

Devata: Varana/Vanaspati as the active expulsive power; darkness as destination motif

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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