Mantra 5
Sukta 29
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
मन्थ दर्भ सपत्नान् मे मन्थ मे पृतनायतः । मन्थ मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो मन्थ मे द्विषतो मणे
IAST Transliteration
mántha darbha sapátnān me mántha me pṛtanāyató | mántha me sárvān durhā́rdo mántha me dvíṣato maṇé ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Churn up, O Darbha, my rivals; churn up for me the battle-onset. Churn up for me all the ill-hearted; churn up for me the haters, O Amulet.
Word by Word
मन्थchurn/strike/crush (as a charm); destroy
मन्थ:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमन्थ् (धातु) / मन्थ (आज्ञार्थ-रूप)
दर्भO darbha-grass
दर्भ:
Kartā (आह्वान/सम्बोधन द्वारा कर्तृ-प्रेरक)
TypeNoun
Rootदर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
सपत्नान्rivals/enemies
सपत्नान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसपत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
मेfor me / my
मे:
Sampradāna (हित/लाभ-सम्बन्धः: ‘for me’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मन्थchurn/destroy
मन्थ:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमन्थ् (धातु) / मन्थ (आज्ञार्थ-रूप)
मेfor me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
पृतनायतःthose who wage battle; combatants (hostile)
पृतनायतः:
Karma
TypeNoun (agent) / Adjective
Rootपृतनायत् (प्रातिपदिक; पृतना + यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययः ‘one who fights’)
मन्थchurn/destroy
मन्थ:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमन्थ्
मेfor me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma (विशेषणम्: सपत्नान्/पृतनायतः/द्विषतः इत्यादीनाम्)
TypeAdjective (pronominal)
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
दुर्हार्दःill-hearted; malevolent
दुर्हार्दः:
Kartā (यदि ‘दुर्हार्दः’ = ‘ill-willed one’ कर्तृ-रूपेण), अथवा सम्बोधन-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्हार्द (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्- + हार्द ‘heart/affection’)
मन्थchurn/destroy
मन्थ:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमन्थ्
मेfor me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
द्विषतःhaters; hostile ones
द्विषतः:
Karma
TypeNoun (participle used substantively)
Rootद्विष् (धातु) → द्विषत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘hating’)
मणेO amulet (jewel/charm)
मणे:
Kartā (आह्वान/सम्बोधन द्वारा कर्तृ-प्रेरक)
TypeNoun
Rootमणि/मण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘jewel/amulet’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)
Devata: Darbha and Maṇi
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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