Mantra 7

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये राजानो राजकृतः सूता ग्रामण्यऽश्च ये। उपस्तीन् पर्ण मह्यं त्वं सर्वान् कृण्वभितो जनान्

IAST Transliteration

yé rājā́no rāja-kṛ́taḥ sūtā́ grā́maṇyaś ca yé | upastī́n parṇa máhyaṃ tváṃ sárvān kṛṇv abhíto jánān ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye Kings, and ye whom Kings have constituted—Sūtas and village-heads, and all that stand attendant—O Leaf, do thou, for me, make all the people round about (my side).

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• राजकृतः: king-makers; those who make/appoint a king
• राजकृतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: राजकृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; राजन् + √कृ ‘to make/do’)

• सूताः: charioteers/bards (sūtas)
• सूताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)

• ग्रामण्यः: village-leaders (gramaṇīs)
• ग्रामण्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रामणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• उपस्तीन्: those sitting near; attendants/retainers
• उपस्तीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्ती (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्ण: O leaf (plant/leaf-charm)
• पर्ण: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणु: make; do
• कृणु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति) ‘to make/do’

• अभितः: around; on all sides
• अभितः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभितः

• जनान्: people
• जनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras rubric for parṇa charms; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Parṇa (personified leaf/amulet) as operative power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; typical for AV social/amulet verses)

Mantra Rasa

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