Mantra 3

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पिशङ्गे सूत्रे खृगलं तदा बध्नन्ति वेधसः । श्रवस्युं शुष्मं काबवं वध्रिं कृण्वन्तु बन्धुरः

IAST Transliteration

piśáṅge sū́tre khṛ́galaṃ tádā badhnanti vedháḥ | śravasyúṃ śúṣmaṃ kābaváṃ vádhriṃ kṛṇvantu bandhúraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With tawny cord, with halter-thong, even then the wise bind fast. Let the Bandhuras make Kābava—his fame-seeking pride, his vehement force—an impotent wretch.

Word by Word

• पिशङ्गे: in/at the tawny (one/thing)
• पिशङ्गे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिशङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूत्रे: in the thread/cord
• सूत्रे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• खृगलम्: the (leather) strap/thong (khṛgala)
• खृगलम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: खृगल (प्रातिपदिक)

• तदा: then
• तदा: अधिकरण (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• बध्नन्ति: they bind/tie
• बध्नन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)

• वेधसः: the wise/ordainers (seers)
• वेधसः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रवस्युम्: fame-seeking / bringing renown
• श्रवस्युम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुष्मम्: vigor, strength
• शुष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• काबवम्: kābava (a specific epithet/quality; Vedic term)
• काबवम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काबव (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-विशेषशब्दः)

• वध्रिम्: a strap/band (vadhri)
• वध्रिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृण्वन्तु: let them make/prepare
• कृण्वन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• बन्धुरः: the kinsmen/allies (friendly ones)
• बन्धुरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: बन्धुर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not stated in the excerpt)

Devata: Bandhura-s (personified agents/assistants of binding); the rite’s efficacy is also vested in the cord/strap as quasi-deities

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; standard for such Atharvanic verses)

Mantra Rasa

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