Mantra 13
Sukta 96
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यस्ते हन्ति पतयन्तं निषत्स्नुं यः सरीसृपम्। जातं यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि
IAST Transliteration
yás te hánti patáyantaṃ níḥsatsnuṃ yáḥ sarīsṛpám | jā́taṃ yás te jíghāṃsati tám itó nāśayāmasi ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whoso would smite—be it the flier, the stealthy creeper, or the crawling thing—whoso would slay thy newborn child, him from hence we cause to perish.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हन्तिstrikes/kills
हन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
पतयन्तम्the flying one
पतयन्तम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (Adjective) used substantively
Rootपतय् (धातु) → पतयन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त) / पतयन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
निषत्स्नुम्the one that settles down (lurking/settling creature)
निषत्स्नुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootनिषत्स्नु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘one that sits/settles down’, esp. a creeping/settling creature)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सरीसृपम्a creeping thing (reptile/serpent)
सरीसृपम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसरीसृप (प्रातिपदिक)
जातम्the born one; what has arisen
जातम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (Adjective) used substantively
Rootजन् (धातु) → जात (भूतकृदन्त)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जिघांसतिwishes/intends to kill
जिघांसति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) + सन् (इच्छार्थक) → जिघांस्
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इतःfrom here
इतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतः (अव्यय; इदम्-प्रभव)
नाशयामसिwe cause to perish; we drive away/destroy
नाशयामसि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootनश्/नाशय् (धातु; causative of √नश् ‘to perish’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: General rakṣā-power (often under Agni’s broader protection in the hymn sequence)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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