Mantra 9

Sukta 107

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नितद् दधिषेऽवरे परे च यस्मिन्नाविथावसा दुरोणे। आ स्थापयत मातरं जिगत्नुमत इन्वत कर्वराणि भूरि

IAST Transliteration

ní tád dadhíṣe’váre páre ca yásmin nā́vithā́vasā duróṇe | ā́ sthāpayata mātáraṃ jigatnúmatá invata kárvarāṇi bhū́ri ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou hast firmly set that power among the nearer and the farther folk, in the house wherein, with unfailing succour, it abideth. Set ye the Mother here in her place, the swift-approaching; urge ye forth—abundantly—the Kárvaras (the dark assailants).

Word by Word

• नितत्: down there / below
• नितत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि + तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा नि + तत् (अव्यय) (पाठभेद-संभाव्य)

• दधिषे: you place / you set
• दधिषे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) — ‘दधि’ (धारण/स्थापन)

• अवरे: in the lower (place)
• अवरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अवर (प्रातिपदिक)

• परे: in the farther / higher (place)
• परे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आविथा: you have helped / protected
• आविथा: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव्/अवि (धातु) ‘रक्षण/सहाय्य’ (वेदिक रूप)

• अवसा: with help / by aid
• अवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘सहाय्य/उपकार/रक्षा’

• दुरोणे: in the house / dwelling
• दुरोणे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरोण (प्रातिपदिक) ‘गृह/आवास’

• आ: hither / forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• स्थापयत: set up / establish (you all)!
• स्थापयत: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (स्थापय)

• मातरम्: the mother
• मातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिगत्नुम्: going / ready to go / moving
• जिगत्नुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: गम् (धातु) → जिगत्नु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; desiderative/iterative nuance in Vedic)

• अत: then / therefore
• अत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत् (निपात; अथ/ततः/अतः)

• इन्वत: impel / drive (you all)!
• इन्वत: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इन्/इन्व् (धातु) ‘प्रेरण/चलन’

• कर्वराणि: the speckled ones / variegated (things/animals)
• कर्वराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantive plural)
• Root: कर्वर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘चित्तल/कृष्ण-श्वेत/विविधवर्ण’ (विशेषण; पशु/वस्तु-नामवत्)

• भूरि: much / abundantly
• भूरि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial) / Adjective
• Root: भूरि (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) ‘बहु’

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (Book 20 is largely Rigvedic reprise); specific r̥ṣi not determinable from the provided excerpt alone

Devata: Indra-context likely in the surrounding hymn; here the operative power is protective ‘Mother’ + expulsion of kárvara

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like RV-style cadence (Book 20); exact meter requires full pada-count verification

Mantra Rasa

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