Mantra 4

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभीवर्तो अभिभवः सपत्नक्षयणो मणिः । राष्ट्राय मह्यं बध्यतां सपत्नेभ्यः पराभुवे

IAST Transliteration

abhīváṛto abhíbhavaḥ sapatná-kṣáyaṇo maṇíḥ | rāṣṭrā́ya máhyaṃ badhyatāṃ sapatnébhyaḥ parābhúve ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A charm that turns (all) toward me, a charm of mastery, a jewel that wastes the rival—let it be bound on me for the realm, for the utter overthrow of my adversaries.

Word by Word

• अभीवर्तः: the warder-off, repeller
• अभीवर्तः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीवर्त (प्रातिपदिक; अभि-√वृत् ‘to turn/ward off’ से निष्पन्न) अथवा ‘अभीवर्त’ नामधातु-प्रातिपदिक

• अभिभवः: the overcomer, conqueror
• अभिभवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिभव (प्रातिपदिक; अभि-√भू/√भव ‘to overcome’ से)

• सपत्नक्षयणः: destroying rivals
• सपत्नक्षयणः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपत्न-क्षयण (समास; ‘सपत्न’ + ‘क्षयण’ < √क्षि/क्षय ‘to destroy, waste away’)

• मणिः: the amulet/gem
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• राष्ट्राय: for the realm/kingdom
• राष्ट्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मह्यम्: for me
• मह्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बध्यताम्: let it be bound/fastened
• बध्यताम्: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बन्ध् (बध्नाति) ‘to bind, fasten’

• सपत्नैभ्यः: from (the) rivals
• सपत्नैभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• पराभुवे: for (their) defeat/overthrow
• पराभुवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराभू (कृदन्त/भाव-नाम; परा-√भू ‘to defeat, overcome’)

Attribution

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

Devata: Maṇi (the amulet as empowered agent); implicitly Indra-like victory power directed toward rāṣṭra.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; typical AV charm-meter).

Mantra Rasa

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