Mantra 5

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परि त्वा परितत्नुनेक्षुणागामविद्विषे । यथा मां कामिन्यसो यथा मन्नापगा असः

IAST Transliteration

pári tvā paritatnúnékṣuṇāgā́m ávidviṣe | yáthā mā́m kā́minyasó yáthā mánnā́pagā́ asáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Round thee I have come, with sugarcane, unto one that hateth not; so that the longing women may (turn) to me, so that thou mayest be not-going-away from me.

Word by Word

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga/avyaya)

• त्वा: you (acc.)
• त्वा: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (asmad/yusmad-pronoun stem)

• परितत्नुनेक्षुणा: with the all-spreading reed/bow (i.e., with a surrounding, far-reaching ‘neksu’ implement)
• परितत्नुनेक्षुणा: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun (compound) / Instrumental phrase
• Root: परि-तत्नु-नेक्षु (समास; prātipadika)

• अगाम्: (I) go/approach
• अगाम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अग (गम्) / √गम् (as finite aorist/imperative-like injunctive in Vedic usage)

• अविद्विषे: for the non-hater; for one who is not hostile
• अविद्विषे: सम्प्रदान (recipient/for whom)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: अ-विद्विष् (विद्विष् ‘hating’ with privative a-; prātipadika)

• यथा: so that; as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• माम्: me (acc.)
• माम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• कामिनि: O desirous woman; O beloved
• कामिनि: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative) / Address
• Root: कामिनी (स्त्री; prātipadika)

• असो: that (one), he
• असो: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असौ/अदस् (demonstrative pronoun stem)

• यथा: so that; as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• मत्: from me
• मत्: अपादान (source/separation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (enclitic/ablative form in Vedic: ‘from me’)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable (negation)
• Root: न (avyaya)

• अपगा: going away; departing
• अपगा: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective / Kṛdanta-like form
• Root: अप-ग (√गम् with apa-; prātipadika/participle-like ‘going away’)

• असः: that (one), he
• असः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असौ/अदस् (demonstrative pronoun stem)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (traditionally Atharvan/Angiras-type attribution for vaśīkaraṇa material; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on the Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 1.34)

Devata: Ikṣu as ritual instrument; operative power is the mantra’s vaśīkaraṇa-śakti (no single high deity foregrounded)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification against pada-count in a critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

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