Mantra 2

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पदा पणींरराधसो नि बाधस्व महां असि । नहि त्वा कश्चन प्रति

IAST Transliteration

padā́ paṇī́n rarādhaso ní bādhasva mahā́ṁ asi | ná hí tvā́ káścana práti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With thy foot tread down the Paṇis, the withholders of bounty; thrust them down—thou art great: for none at all is set against thee.

Word by Word

• पदा: with the foot; by a step
• पदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक) / पद् (धातु) → पद

• पणीन्: the Paṇis (miserly/hostile beings)
• पणीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अराधसः: of non-success; of failure / non-prosperity
• अराधसः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; completely (prefix)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• बाधस्व: thrust away; repel!
• बाधस्व: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• नहि: for not; indeed not
• नहि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नहि (निपात)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कश्चन: anyone; someone
• कश्चन: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चन (निपात)

• प्रति: against; towards
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic attribution (borrowed into AV 20): Indra hymn tradition.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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