Mantra 52
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
प्रेव पिपतिषति मनसा मुहुरा वर्तते पुनः । क्रव्याद् यानग्निरन्तिकादनुविद्वान् वितावति
IAST Transliteration
préva pipatiṣati mánasā múhur ā́ vartate púnaḥ | kravyā́d yā́n agnír ántikād anuvidvā́n vitā́vati
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
As though he would dart forward, with his mind he flutters; again and again he turns back once more. The flesh-eaters whom Agni, from close at hand, tracking them out, drives asunder and scatters.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward (preverb)
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
इवas if, like
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पिपतिषतिdesires to fly / wishes to fall upon
पिपतिषति:
Kriyā (verb); Kartā implicit
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (पतति) → desiderative पिपतिषति
मनसाwith the mind
मनसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
मुहुःagain and again, repeatedly
मुहुः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमुहुः
आtowards, back (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
वर्ततेturns, returns, revolves
वर्तते:
Kriyā (verb); Kartā implicit
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (वर्तते)
पुनःagain, back
पुनः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
क्रव्याद्from the flesh-eater (carrion-eater/demon)
क्रव्याद्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootक्रव्याद् (क्रवि + आद्; prātipadika)
यानgone/going (i.e., moving/advancing)
यान:
Karma (as qualifier of the object) / viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootया (to go) → यान (kṛdanta: past passive participle/gerundive-like adjectival use as ‘gone/going’); also used as noun ‘going/vehicle’
अग्निम्Agni, fire
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
अन्तिकात्from near, from close by
अन्तिकात्:
Apādāna (source point) / adverbial
TypeNoun (used adverbially)
Rootअन्तिक
अनुविद्वान्knowing/finding out, having tracked
अनुविद्वान्:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective (agentive)
Rootविद् (to know) with अनु- → विद्वस् (PPP/agent noun) → अनुविद्वान्
वितावतिaids/protects/sets in order (brings to proper state)
वितावति:
Kriyā (verb); Kartā implicit
TypeVerb
Rootविता (prātipadika; ‘distribution/arrangement/ordering’ in Vedic) + अव (to protect/aid) → denominative/causative-like verbal formation vitā- + √av
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (general AV attribution; edition-dependent).
Devata: Agni.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.
Mantra Rasa
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