Mantra 4

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एवानेवाव सा गरत्

IAST Transliteration

evá anevá āváḥ sā́ gárat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thus—yet not thus—be the help: may it swallow him down.

Word by Word

• एव: just, indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• अनु: after, along
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• एव: just, indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• अव: down, away
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सा: she / that (fem.)
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अगरत्: swallowed, devoured
• अगरत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गॄ/गर् (गॄ निगरणे/गर् गिलने इति; ‘to swallow/devour’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (cycle attribution)

Devata: Indeterminate; efficacy/protection (āvas) and the devouring force function as operative powers

Chandas: Short formulaic segment; meter uncertain without wider context

Mantra Rasa

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