Mantra 47

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य ऋते चिदभिश्रिषः पुरा जत्रुभ्य आतृदः । संधाता संधिं मघवा पुरूवसुर्निष्कर्ता विह्रुतं पुनः

IAST Transliteration

yá ṛté cid abhíśriṣaḥ purā́ játrubhya ā́tṛdaḥ | saṃdhā́tā saṃdhíṃ maghávā purūvásur níṣkartā víhrutam púnaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who, even without aid, of old thrust off the assailing pressure from the throat—Maghavan, rich in many treasures, the joiner who makes the bond, the deliverer—let him restore again what hath been disordered.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋते: without, except
• ऋते: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते (अव्यय) < ऋ (धातु) / ऋत (भाव)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय-निपात)

• अभिश्रिषः: hostile attacks/afflictions (curses)
• अभिश्रिषः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि-श्रिष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अभिश्रिष्’ = अभिशाप/आक्रमण-रूपा बाधा)

• पुरा: formerly, before
• पुरा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)

• जत्रुभ्यः: from the collar-bones/neck-joints
• जत्रुभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आतृदः: the striker/piercer (one who drives away)
• आतृदः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent) / Adjective
• Root: आ-तृद् (धातु: तृद् ‘to pierce/strike’)

• संधाता: the joiner/arranger
• संधाता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: सम्-धा (धातु: धा ‘to place/put’; कृत्: तृच्)

• संधिम्: junction, connection; (here) a joining
• संधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संधि (प्रातिपदिक) < सम्-धा

• मघवा: Maghavan (Indra)
• मघवा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य नाम)

• पुरूवसुः: having much wealth
• पुरूवसुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पुरूवसु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिः)

• निष्कर्ता: the remover/extractor
• निष्कर्ता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: निस्-√कृ (धातु: कृ ‘to do/make’; कृत्: तृच्)

• विह्रुतम्: what has been taken away/robbed
• विह्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective / Participle
• Root: वि-ह्रुत (कृत-प्रातिपदिक; √ह्रु/√हृ ‘to take away/steal’, past passive participle)

• पुनः: again, back
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Indra (implied by Maghavan, Purūvasu) as restorer and protector of bonds

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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