Mantra 24

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सेदिरुपतिष्ठन्ती मिथोयोधः परामृष्टा

IAST Transliteration

sedír upatíṣṭhantī mithoyodháḥ parā́mṛṣṭā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sedī draws near; in mutual combat she is brushed away, repelled by touch.

Word by Word

• सेदिः: the assailant/approacher (one who comes near)
• सेदिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद् (धातु) → सेदिः (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) [अर्थे: उपसर्पण/आसादन]

• उपतिष्ठन्ती: approaching, standing near
• उपतिष्ठन्ती: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + उप (उपसर्ग) → उप-तिष्ठन्ती

• मिथः: mutually, with one another
• मिथः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) → मिथः

• योधः: the fighter/warrior
• योधः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (धातु) → योध (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ‘योध’ (योद्धृ-अर्थे) → योधः

• परामृष्टा: touched/handled, seized (by/with)
• परामृष्टा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृश् (धातु) + परा (उपसर्ग) → परा-मृष्ट (भूतकृदन्त) → परामृष्टा

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified per Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 12.5.

Devata: Sedī (personified affliction) / protective counter-force implicit in the rite.

Chandas: To be verified by metrical scan in context.

Mantra Rasa

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