Mantra 89

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्येदं वर्चस्तेजः प्राणमायुर्नि वेष्टयामीदमेनमधराञ्चं पादयामि

IAST Transliteration

tásyedáṃ várcas téjaḥ prāṇám ā́yur ní veṣṭayāmī́dam enam adharā́ñcam pādayāmi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This—his lustre and fiery might, his breath and length of days—herewith I wrap about (and take to myself); and this man I cause to go downward, turned to the lower side.

Word by Word

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

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (object, with implied ‘I take/assign’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• तेजः: brilliance, energy
• तेजः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

• वेष्टयामि: I wrap/enclose
• वेष्टयामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वेष्ट् (वेष्टयति)

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

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/एनद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘enam’ enclitic)

• अधराञ्चम्: downward-facing, turned down
• अधराञ्चम्: कर्म-विशेषण (qualifier of ‘एनम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘turned downward’)

• पादयामि: I cause (him) to fall/step; I press/drive down
• पादयामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पद् (णिच्) → पादयति

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (specific r̥ṣi not determinable from the excerpt alone)

Devata: Impersonal coercive power of mantra; secondarily the seized ‘vácas/tejas/prāṇa/āyus’ as quasi-substances

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

Mantra Rasa

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