Mantra 6

Sukta 132

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उग्रं वनिषदाततम्

IAST Transliteration

ugráṃ vaniṣádā́-ātatám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Fierce is the Vaniṣadā, stretched forth (and set abroad).

Word by Word

• उग्रम्: fierce, mighty
• उग्रम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वनिषदा: the forest-dweller / forest-sitting (a being/creature associated with the forest)
• वनिषदा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनिषदा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वन’ + ‘षद्’ धातु-आधारित नाम)

• आततम्: stretched out, extended, spread
• आततम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावेन)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival) / Kṛdanta
• Root: आ-√तन् (तन्—विस्तारे) → आतत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Ṛgvedic material in AV 20; specific r̥ṣi for 20.132 uncertain from the excerpt alone.

Devata: Vaniṣadā (as personified hostile power) / apotropaic speech-force

Chandas: Uncertain from single pāda excerpt; likely a fragment of a longer Ṛgvedic meter context.

Mantra Rasa

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