Mantra 17
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सहस्राक्षमतिपश्यं पुरस्ताद् रुद्रमस्यन्तं बहुधा विपश्चितम्। मोपाराम जिह्वयेयमानम्
IAST Transliteration
sahasrā́kṣam atipaśyáṃ purástād rudrám asyántaṃ bahudhā́ vipáścitam | mā́ upā́ram jihváyeyamā́nam
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thousand-eyed, I saw him looming in the fore—Rudra, hurling (his shafts) in many a fashion, keenly wise. Let me not draw near unto him as he licks (to consume).
Word by Word
सहस्राक्षम्thousand-eyed
सहस्राक्षम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा बहुव्रीहि-समास ‘सहस्राक्ष’
अतिपश्यम्all-seeing / seeing beyond
अतिपश्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Root√पश् (दृश्) + अति- (उपसर्ग) ; ‘अतिपश्य’ (वर्तमान कृदन्त/विशेषण)
पुरस्तात्in front; from the east/fore
पुरस्तात्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरस् + तात् (अव्ययीभाव)
रुद्रम्Rudra
रुद्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यन्तम्hurling; driving forth
अस्यन्तम्:
Karma
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√अस् (क्षेपणे ‘to throw/drive’) ; शतृ-प्रत्यय ‘अस्यन्त्’
बहुधाin many ways; variously
बहुधा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहु + धा (अव्यय)
विपश्चितम्wise; discerning
विपश्चितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवि- + √पश् (दृश्) → ‘विपश्चित्’ (प्रातिपदिक ‘wise, discerning’)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
उपnear; towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
आरम्stop; desist
आरम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ऋ (गत्यर्थ) / ‘आ-√रम्/√रम्’ (to stop, to rest, to cease) ; ‘आरम्’ (लोट्/आज्ञार्थक रूप का पद) — वैदिक प्रयोग
जिह्वयेयमानम्moving the tongue; licking / lolling the tongue
जिह्वयेयमानम्:
Karma
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootजिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक) + √इ (गत्यर्थ) / √यम् (प्रयत्न/धारण) के साथ देसी/वैदिक कृत-रचना; रूपतः ‘-येयमान’ (वर्तमान/आत्मनेपदी कृदन्त-प्रयोग) ; अर्थतः ‘जिह्वया ईयमान/यम्यमान’ = ‘tongue-moving/licking’
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Rudra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (longer pādas; AV transmission)
Mantra Rasa
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