Atharva Veda 11.3.117: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 117

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊ॒रू ते॑ मरिष्यत॒ इत्ये॑नमाह

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.117

IAST Transliteration

ūrū́ te mariṣyáta íty enam ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Thy two thighs shall perish’: thus spake he unto him.

Translation

उसने उसको कहा कि तुम्हारी दोनों टाँगे खत्म हो जाएँगी। यह बात उसने सीधे बोला।

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Word by Word

• ऊरू: (your) two thighs
• ऊरू: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मरिष्यतः: will die (the two will die)
• मरिष्यतः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मरिष्यत् (भविष्यत्-काल-रूप)

• इति: thus / saying
• इति: (वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात/अव्यय)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्/एनम् (प्रयोग)

• आह: said
• आह: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/आह् (धातु ‘to say’) → आह (परिपूर्ण-भूत)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified (narrative voice)

Devata: Vāc (speech) as operative force (implicit)

Chandas: Prose / direct speech

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara