Mantra 6
Sukta 9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
एकशतं विष्कन्धानि विष्ठिता पृथिवीमनु । तेषां त्वामग्रे उज्जहरुर्मणिं विष्कन्धदूषणम्
IAST Transliteration
ékaśataṃ víṣkandhāni víṣṭhitā pṛthivī́m ánu | téṣāṃ tvām ágre újjahur máṇiṃ viṣkandha-dū́ṣaṇam ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
A hundred are the viṣkandha-plagues, set fast throughout the Earth. From them they brought thee forth, in front—the amulet, spoiler of viṣkandha.
Word by Word
एकशतम्a hundred
एकशतम्:
विशेषण (कर्मपदस्य विशेषणम्) / संख्या-निर्देश
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootएक-शत (प्रातिपदिक)
विष्कन्धानिobstructions/afflictions (viṣkandhas)
विष्कन्धानि:
कर्म (उज्जहरुः—‘they removed’ what?)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
विष्ठिताःstanding, lodged, settled
विष्ठिताः:
विशेषण (विष्कन्धानाम्) / अवस्थावाचक
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootस्था (धातु) → विष्ठित (कृदन्त, क्त) / ‘वि-स्था’
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
अधिकारण (अनु—‘along/through’ the earth) / देश-निर्देश
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुalong, throughout
अनु:
अधिकारण-सम्बन्धक (पृथिवीम् अनु) / उपपद
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (अव्यय)
तेषाम्of those
तेषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘among/of those’
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
कर्म (उज्जहरुः—‘they lifted/removed you’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्रेfirst, in front
अग्रे:
अधिकारण (काल/देश-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial locative)
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उज्जहरुःthey drew out, removed
उज्जहरुः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः अव्यक्तः)
TypeVerb
Rootहृ (धातु) with उद्- (उद्+√हृ)
मणिम्the amulet, jewel
मणिम्:
कर्म (उज्जहरुः—what was removed) / त्वाम्-समनाधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
विष्कन्धदूषणम्the destroyer/repeller of viṣkandha-afflictions
विष्कन्धदूषणम्:
विशेषण (मणिम्)
TypeAdjective (of मणि) / Noun-like epithet
Rootविष्कन्ध-दूषण (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष समास: विष्कन्धान् दूषयति/दूषयन्)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified here)
Devata: Maṇi (amulet as personified power); opposed to Viṣkandha (affliction-demon)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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