Mantra 2

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वर्म मह्यमयं मणिः फालाज्जातः करिष्यति । पूर्णो मन्थेन मागमद् रसेन सह वर्चसा

IAST Transliteration

várma máhyam ayáṃ maṇíḥ phálāj-jātáḥ kariṣyati | pūrṇó mánthena mā́gamat rásena sahá várcasā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This amulet, born of the ploughshare, shall make for me a coat of mail. Full-charged by churning, let it not depart—together with sap and with splendour.

Word by Word

• वर्म: armour; protective covering
• वर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: amulet; jewel
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• फालात्: from the ploughshare
• फालात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातः: born; arisen
• जातः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective) प्रयुक्तः
• Root: √जन् (जायते) → जात (क्त-प्रत्यय)

• करिष्यति: will make; will render
• करिष्यति: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• पूर्णः: full; complete
• पूर्णः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्थेन: with the churning-stick; by churning
• मन्थेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• गमत्: may (it) go/come; let (it) not go
• गमत्: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गत्यर्थे)

• रसेन: with sap/juice; with essence
• रसेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थक)

• वर्चसा: with brilliance; with vital splendour
• वर्चसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (maṇi-sūkta attribution; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type seership in ancillary lists)

Devata: Maṇi (the amulet as personified power); protective ‘Varman’

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant)

Mantra Rasa

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