Mantra 43
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
छिनत्त्यस्य पितृबन्धु परा भावयति मातृबन्धु
IAST Transliteration
chinátty asya pitṛ-bandhú párā bhāvayati mātṛ-bandhú
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
It cutteth off his father-kin; it driveth away and estrangeth his mother-kin.
Word by Word
छिनत्तिcuts off, severs
छिनत्ति:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootछिद् (छेदने)
अस्यof him/this (person)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितृबन्धुpaternal kin/relations
पितृबन्धु:
Karma (छिनत्ति इत्यस्य कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ + बन्धु (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
पराaway, forth, off
परा:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
भावयतिdrives away, causes to be, makes
भावयति:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू → भावय (णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त causative)
मातृबन्धुmaternal kin/relations
मातृबन्धु:
Karma (भावयति इत्यस्य कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ + बन्धु (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input).
Devata: Curse-force / brahma-tejas (continuing the punitive chain).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.
Mantra Rasa
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