Mantra 2

Sukta 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विष्वञ्चो अस्मच्छरवः पतन्तु ये अस्ता ये चास्याः । दैवीर्मनुष्येषवो ममामित्रान् वि विध्यत

IAST Transliteration

víṣvañco asmác charávaḥ patantu yé astā́ yé ca asyā́ḥ | daivī́r manuṣyéṣavo mamā́mitrān ví vidhyata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the arrows, turned every way, fly off from us—those that are shot, and those that are (aimed) at her. Ye divine and human shafts, pierce, pierce through my enemies.

Word by Word

• विष्वञ्चः: all-around, in every direction
• विष्वञ्चः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्वञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक) < विष्वक्/विष्वम् + अञ्च् (दिशा/गति)

• अस्मत्: from us
• अस्मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शरवः: missiles/shafts (arrows, darts)
• शरवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पतन्तु: let (them) fly/fall
• पतन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)

• ये: which/that (those)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्ता: thrown, cast
• अस्ता: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: which/that (those)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्याः: from her / of her
• अस्याः: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दैवीः: divine
• दैवीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैवी (प्रातिपदिक) < देव

• मनुष्येषवः: human arrows (arrows of men)
• मनुष्येषवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्येषु (समास-प्रातिपदिक) = मनुष्य + इषु

• मम: my
• मम: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमित्रान्: enemies
• अमित्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, asunder (intensifier)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• वि: thoroughly (repeated)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• विध्यत: pierce (you all)!
• विध्यत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्/विध् (धातु) with उपसर्ग वि-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (protective hymn tradition; specific r̥ṣi varies by Anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Śarava/Iṣu (personified missiles) under divine command; implicitly Indra-like martial protection.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for compact apotropaic verses)

Mantra Rasa

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