Mantra 9
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदस्याः पल्पूलनं शकृद् दासी समस्यति । ततोऽपरूपं जायते तस्मादव्येष्यदेनसः
IAST Transliteration
yád asyā́ḥ palpū́lanaṃ śákṛd dāsī́ samásyati | táto ’párūpaṃ jāyate tásmād avyéṣyad énasaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
When her afterbirth the serving-woman, with dung, doth cast together in a heap, therefrom is born a thing ill-shaped; therefore should one avoid the taint of sin.
Word by Word
यत्which (that)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
अस्याःof her / of this (female)
अस्याः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
पल्पूलनम्(her) afterbirth/placental mass (lit. fleshy lump)
पल्पूलनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपल्पूलन (prātipadika)
शकृत्dung, excrement
शकृत्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशकृत् (prātipadika)
दासीa female servant
दासी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदासी (prātipadika)
सम्together, completely (prefix)
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (upasarga)
अस्यतिthrows/casts away
अस्यति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु; ‘to throw/cast’)
ततःfrom that; then
ततः:
Apādāna (source, in sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (tad-ablative adverb)
अपरूपम्misshapen, deformed
अपरूपम्:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate to what is born)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअपरूप (prātipadika)
जायतेis born; arises
जायते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु; ‘to be born’)
तस्मात्from that
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
अविof the ewe (sheep)
अवि:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअवि (prātipadika)
एष्यत्going to come/approach; impending
एष्यत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier) of ‘एनसः’/‘(something) of sin’
TypeParticiple
Rootइ (धातु; ‘to go’) + भविष्यत्-कृदन्त (गच्छन्-भाव)
एनसःof sin/evil; of guilt/harm
एनसः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootएनस् (prātipadika)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Enas (pollution/sin) as the operative danger; implicitly the forces governing birth and form
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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