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Mantra 4

Sukta 10

मुञ्चामि त्वा वैश्वानरादर्णवान्महतस्परि । सजातानुग्रेहा वद ब्रह्म चाप चिकीहि नः

muñcā́mi tvā vaiśvānarád arṇavā́n mahatáḥ párí | sajātā́nugrehā́ vada bráhma cā́pa cikīhi naḥ

I loose thee forth from Vaiśvānara, from the ocean-flood, from the mighty one that hems thee round about. O connate Power, speak forth the spell; and, O Waters, take knowledge of us.

मुञ्चामिI release / set free
मुञ्चामि:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वैश्वानरात्from Vaiśvānara (Agni / the universal fire)
वैश्वानरात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्णवात्from the flood/ocean
अर्णवात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
महतःfrom the great (one)
महतः:
अपादान (विशेष्यस्य सह)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround; away from (as a preverb/adverb)
परि:
— (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सजातान्those born together; kindred
सजातान्:
कर्म (वद-क्रियायाः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसजात (प्रातिपदिक; सह + जात)
उग्रेहाO Ugreha (proper name / epithet)
उग्रेहा:
कर्तृ (वद-क्रियायाः)
TypeNoun
Rootउग्रेह (प्रातिपदिक)
वदspeak; declare
वद:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवद् (धातु)
ब्रह्मthe sacred utterance; prayer/spell
ब्रह्म:
कर्म (वद-क्रियायाः)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
अपaway; off
अप:
— (उपसर्गार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
चिकीहिperceive/understand; take notice
चिकीहि:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकित्/चिकित् (धातु: ‘to perceive/understand’, desiderative/intensive base in Vedic usage)
नःof us; our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Vaiśvānara (Agni) and Āpas (Waters); secondarily the personified ‘seizure/after-seizure’ as adversary

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV 1 often predominantly anuṣṭubh—confirmable against padapāṭha metrical count in a critical edition)

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