Mantra 66

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

असौ हा इह ते मनः ककुत्सलमिव जामयः । अभ्येऽनं भूम ऊर्णुहि

IAST Transliteration

asáu há ihá te mánaḥ kakútsalam iva jāmáyaḥ | abhy ènáṃ bhū́me ūrṇuhi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Yonder, verily, here is thy mind, as though a jutting crest among thy kindred: do thou, O Earth, wrap this man about and cover him over.

Word by Word

• असौ: that (person/one)
• असौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed / surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• ते: your / to you
• ते: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / सम्प्रदान (यदि चतुर्थ्यर्थः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: कर्तृ (यदि प्रथमा) / कर्म (यदि द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ककुत्सलम्: hump-backed; like a hump (crooked/arched)
• ककुत्सलम्: कर्तृ/कर्म (विशेष्य-अनुसारम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ककुत्सल (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण)

• इव: like / as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (उपमा-अव्यय)

• जामयः: kinsmen; close relations
• जामयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभ्येनम्: him (this one) towards/against
• अभ्येनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun (with preverb)
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग) + एनम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूम: be / become
• भूम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• ऊर्णुहि: cover; wrap; envelop
• ऊर्णुहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऊर्णु (ऊर्णोति/ऊर्णुते)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Atharvanic funerary seers (Aṅgiras/Atharvan complex; hymn-level attribution in AV 18 is often collective/ritual)

Devata: Bhūmi (Earth), with the deceased as ritual addressee

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh tendency (funerary prose-verse; exact metrical regularity is secondary in this section)

Mantra Rasa

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