Mantra 18
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
वैरूपाय च वै स वैराजाय चाद्भ्यश्च वरुणाय च राज्ञ आ वृश्चते य एवं विद्वांसं व्रात्यमुपवदति
IAST Transliteration
vairū́pāya ca váí sá vairājā́ya cā́dbhyaś ca váruṇāya ca rā́jñe ā́ vṛ́ścate yá eváṁ vidvā́ṁsaṁ vrā́tyam upavádati
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Against Vairūpa verily, and against Vairāja; against the Waters, against Varuṇa, and against the King is he cut off, who thus revileth a knowing Vrātya.
Word by Word
वैरूपायto Vairūpa (a form/name)
वैरूपाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootवैरूप (प्रातिपदिक) < वि-रूप
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
वैindeed
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ (वाक्य-प्रवर्तक/अनुवाद्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वैराजायto Vairāja (a form/name)
वैराजाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootवैराज (प्रातिपदिक) < वि-राज्
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अद्भ्यःfrom the waters
अद्भ्यः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
वरुणायto Varuṇa
वरुणाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
राज्ञःof the king
राज्ञः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards; forth (prefix)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ
वृश्चतेis cut off / is severed
वृश्चते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृश्च् (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (उपवदति-क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus; in this manner
एवम्:
प्रकार (adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
विद्वांसम्a knowing one; learned
विद्वांसम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootविद्वांस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद्)
व्रात्यम्the Vrātya (outsider/ascetic figure)
व्रात्यम्:
कर्म (विद्वांसम् इति विशेष्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
उपवदतिspeaks against; reviles
उपवदति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootउप-√वद् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous
Devata: Vairūpa; Vairāja; Āpas; Varuṇa; Rājā (as sanctioning authorities)
Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic cadence
Mantra Rasa
{"primary_rasa":"raudra","secondary_rasa":"bhayankara","emotional_arc":"From naming authorities to a sharp punitive conclusion—fear-based deterrence.","listener_experience":"A sense of taboo and consequence; caution around speech.","intensity":7}