Mantra 131

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बहुचारी भविष्यसीत्येनमाह

IAST Transliteration

bahucārī́ bhaviṣyásī́ty enam ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘A wide-goer shalt thou be’: thus spake he unto him.

Word by Word

• बहुचारी: many-going; having many partners; promiscuous (f.)
• बहुचारी: कर्तृ (भविष्यसि का कर्ता/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुचारी (प्रातिपदिक; बहु- + √चर् ‘चरति’ से ‘चारी’)

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• भविष्यसि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• इति: thus; ‘…’ (quotative)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: कर्म (आह का)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आह: said
• आह: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/√आह् (ब्रू-अर्थे; परोक्ष-भूत ‘said’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (anukramaṇī confirmation needed).

Devata: Aśvins / functional ‘gati’ (movement) power (implicit).

Chandas: Prose/short cadence (anukramaṇī confirmation needed).

Mantra Rasa

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