Mantra 19
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सं हि शीर्षाण्यग्रभं पौञ्जिष्ठ इव कर्वरम्। सिन्धोर्मध्यं परेत्य व्यऽनिजमहेर्विषम्
IAST Transliteration
sáṃ hí śīrṣā́ṇy ágrabhaṃ pauñjíṣṭha iva kárvaram | síndhor mádhyaṃ parétya ví ’nijám ahér víṣam ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
For I have seized together the heads, as the mightiest seizes the speckled serpent: gone to the river’s midst, I have cast apart and stilled the serpent’s poison.
Word by Word
सम्together; completely (prefix)
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग) / saṃ
हिindeed; for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात) / hi
शीर्षाणिheads; head-parts
शीर्षाणि:
कर्म (अग्रभम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootशीर्षन् (प्रातिपदिक) / śīrṣan
अग्रभम्I seized; I grasped
अग्रभम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु) / grah
पौञ्जिष्ठःlike a pouñjiṣṭha (a kind of noose/strap/implement); most pouñji-like
पौञ्जिष्ठः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (अहम् implied)
TypeAdjective
Rootपौञ्जिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; पौञ्जि-सम्बद्ध) / pauñjiṣṭha
इवas; like
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात) / iva
कर्वरम्a spotted/dappled one; (often) a dark/variegated creature
कर्वरम्:
कर्म (अग्रभम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्वर (प्रातिपदिक) / karvara
सिन्धोःof the river/stream; of the Sindhu
सिन्धोः:
सम्बन्ध (मध्यं इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) / sindhu
मध्यम्the middle; midstream
मध्यम्:
कर्म (परेत्य इत्यस्य गत्यर्थकस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक) / madhya
परेत्यhaving gone beyond; having crossed
परेत्य:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) with परा- / i
विapart; asunder (prefix)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग) / vi
अनिजम्unmoving; not stirring (as an epithet)
अनिजम्:
कर्म (महेः इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनिज (प्रातिपदिक) / anija
अहेःof the serpent
अहेः:
सम्बन्ध (विषम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootअहि (प्रातिपदिक) / ahi
विषम्poison; venom
विषम्:
कर्म (महेः इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक) / viṣa
महेI ward off / I remove (for myself); I counteract
महे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमह् (धातु) / mah
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (see Śaunaka anukramaṇī for precise attribution).
Devata: Primarily the anti-venom act; secondarily the purifying Sindhu (river) as remover.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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