Mantra 10
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अरिष्टोऽहमरिष्टगुरायुष्मान्त्सर्वपूरुषः । तं मायं वरणो मणिः परि पातु दिशोदिशः
IAST Transliteration
aríṣṭo ’hám aríṣṭa-gur ā́yuṣmān sárva-pūruṣaḥ | táṃ māyáṃ varaṇó maṇíḥ pári pātu díśo-díśaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Unharmed am I, unharmed in my going; life-possessed, complete in all my person. The Varana-amulet—against that witchcraft—shall guard me round about, from quarter after quarter.
Word by Word
अरिष्टःunharmed, uninjured
अरिष्टः:
Kartā (अहम्-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअरिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अरिष्टगुःhaving unharmed cattle / protected in cattle
अरिष्टगुः:
Kartā (अहम्-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअरिष्टगु (प्रातिपदिक)
आयुष्मान्long-lived, endowed with life
आयुष्मान्:
Kartā (अहम्-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआयुष्मन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वपूरुषःcomplete in all manly powers / wholly a man
सर्वपूरुषः:
Kartā (अहम्-विशेषण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसर्वपूरुष (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + पूरुष)
तम्him / that (person)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अयम्this
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वरणः(the) varana-tree (charm-wood)
वरणः:
Kartā (मणिः-समनाधिकरण/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
मणिःamulet, jewel (charm)
मणिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, all about
परि:
— (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पातुmay (he/it) protect
पातु:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु: पा रक्षणे)
दिशःthe directions
दिशः:
Karma (परि-पातु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
दिशः(in) every direction
दिशः:
Karma (दिशो-दिशः = सर्वासु दिक्षु)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Varana-maṇi (deified charm) as protector; counter to Māyā (sorcery)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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