Mantra 13

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मै ध्रुवाया दिशो अन्तर्देशाद् रुद्रमिष्वासमनुष्ठातारमकुर्वन्

IAST Transliteration

tásmai dhruvā́yā diśó antardeśā́d rudrám iṣvā́sám anuṣṭhātā́ram akurvan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For him, from the mid-region of the steadfast quarter, they appointed Rudra himself—an Archer divine—to stand attendant as his guard.

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him / for him
• तस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ध्रुवायाः: of the fixed/steadfast (one)
• ध्रुवायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: of the direction / quarter
• दिशः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तर्देशात्: from the inner region / from within the land
• अन्तर्देशात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्देश (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर् + देश)

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name/deity)
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इष्वासम्: the archer (bowman)
• इष्वासम्: कर्म (apposition to रुद्रम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्वास (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुष्ठातारम्: the performer/executor (of rites)
• अनुष्ठातारम्: कर्म (apposition to रुद्रम्)
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: अनुष्ठातृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from अनु-स्था)

• अकुर्वन्: they made / they appointed
• अकुर्वन्: क्रिया (finite verb); कर्ता = (ते/जनाः) implied
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Vrātya-complex attribution (AV 15).

Devata: Rudra as Iṣvāsa (guardian-archer) and the Dhruvā Diś (fixed quarter) as spatial support.

Chandas: Atharvanic mixed/prose-like cadence.

Mantra Rasa

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