Mantra 6
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यस्ते हवं विवदत् सजातो यश्च निष्ट्यः । अपाञ्चमिन्द्र तं कृत्वाथेममिहाव गमय
IAST Transliteration
yás te haváṃ vivádat sajātó yáś ca niṣṭyàḥ | apā́ñcam indra táṃ kṛtvā́thémam ihā́vá gamaya
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whoso disputes thy rightful call—be he thy kinsman, or an alien—him, Indra, make thou backward-turned; and then bring this man hither, even here, to his place.
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हवम्invocation; call
हवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हव’/‘हवः’ = आह्वान/आहूति)
विवदत्speaking against; disputing
विवदत्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootवि-√वद् (वदँ—भाषणे)
सजातःborn together; kinsman
सजातः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootस-जात (प्रातिपदिक; √जन्)
यःand who
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
निष्ट्यःone to be driven out/expelled (outcast/foe)
निष्ट्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootनिष्ट्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अपाञ्चम्turned away/backward
अपाञ्चम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअपाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अप’ + ‘अञ्च्’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (Vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कृत्वाhaving made
कृत्वा:
—
TypeGerund
Root√कृ (डुकृञ्—करणे)
अथthen
अथ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
इमम्this (one)
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
अवdown; hither (as preverb)
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / particle
Rootअव
गमयcause (him) to come/bring
गमय:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गमॢँ—गतौ) + णिच्
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (per Anukramaṇī for this royal cluster).
Devata: Indra (as rival-subduer and installer).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (to be confirmed metrically).
Mantra Rasa
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