Mantra 15

Sukta 131

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अरदुपरम

IAST Transliteration

aradúparam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Drive it away beyond (afar).

Word by Word

• अरदु: a kind of plant/herb (uncertain; rare word)
• अरदु: Karma (अनुमान; क्रियापद-अभावे संदर्भाधीन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरदु (प्रातिपदिक; अव्यक्त/दुर्लभ शब्द)

• उपरम्: upper part; that which is above; uppermost
• उपरम्: Karma/Adhikaraṇa (context-dependent)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: उपरम् (प्रातिपदिक; उपर-)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain

Devata: Apanayana (banishment) as function; implicitly Indra/Agni-style protectors in broader Atharvanic logic, but not explicit here

Chandas: Not determinable (single-word fragment)

Mantra Rasa

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