Mantra 11
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
प्रतीहारो निधनं विश्वजिच्चाभिजिच्च यः । साह्नातिरात्रावुच्छिष्टे द्वादशाहोऽपि तन्मयि
IAST Transliteration
pratīhāró nídhanaṁ viśvájit cābhijíc ca yáḥ | sāhnātirā́trāv ucchíṣṭe dvādaśāhó ’pi tánmayi
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Pratīhāra, the Nidhana, the Viśvajit and the Abhijit, and the Sāhnātirātra—within Ucchiṣṭa; yea, the Twelve-day also is of that very substance.
Word by Word
प्रतीहारःthe warder/repeller; the one who keeps back
प्रतीहारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतीहार (प्रति-√हृ ‘to take/bring back’, नामधातु-निर्मित प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ‘प्रतीहार’ प्रातिपदिक
निधनम्ending; destruction; final abode
निधनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिधन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ending, destruction; resting-place’
विश्वजित्all-conquering
विश्वजित्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootविश्वजित् (विश्व + √जि ‘to conquer’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अभिजित्over-conquering; victorious
अभिजित्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootअभिजित् (अभि + √जि ‘to conquer’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
साह्नातिःthe daytime rite/bath (sāhnātī)
साह्नातिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसाह्नाति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘day-bath/diurnal bathing’—साह्न- ‘daily’ + नाति/स्नाति-भाव)
रात्रौat night
रात्रौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
उच्छिष्टेin/at the state of leavings; amid remnants (ucca-śiṣṭa)
उच्छिष्टे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउच्छिष्ट (उद् + √शिष्/शेष ‘to remain’ → ‘leftover, leavings’; प्रातिपदिक)
द्वादशाहःthe twelve-day (rite/period)
द्वादशाहः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्वादशाह (द्वादश + अहन् ‘day’ समास)
अपिalso; even
अपि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मयिin me
मयि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous
Devata: Ucchiṣṭa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like, technical
Mantra Rasa
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