Mantra 59

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्येदं वर्चस्तेजः प्राणमायुर्नि वेष्टयामीदमेनमधराञ्चं पादयामि

IAST Transliteration

tásyédáṃ varcástéjaḥ prāṇámāyúr ní veṣṭayāmī́dám enam adharā́ñcam pādayāmi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This lustre, this fiery might of his—his breath, his life—I wrap and bind it down; this man I force to face beneath, I press him downward.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (object; appositional) / विषय
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चः: lustre, radiance
• वर्चः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेजः: splendour, vigor
• तेजः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणम्: breath, vital force
• प्राणम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life-span, life
• आयुः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down, into; (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb)
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग)

• वेष्टयामि: I wrap/enclose
• वेष्टयामि: कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वेष्ट् (वेष्टने)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (object; appositional)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/एन् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रृङ्खला)

• अधराञ्चम्: downwards, facing downward
• अधराञ्चम्: कर्म (object; qualifier of एनम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर + अञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘downward-turned’)

• पादयामि: I cause (him) to go/step; I set/bring (him)
• पादयामि: कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पद्/पादय् (णिजन्त; ‘to cause to go/step, to set/bring’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (book-level attribution; verse-specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Impersonal magical efficacy of Varcas/Tejas/Prāṇa/Āyus (treated as manipulable powers)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic cadence (not securely determinable from excerpt alone)

Mantra Rasa

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