Mantra 3

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नहि ते नाम जग्राह नो अस्मिन् रमसे पतौ । परामेव परावतं सपत्नीं गमयामसि

IAST Transliteration

ná hí te nā́ma jagrā́ha nó asmín ramáse pátau | párām evá parāvátaṃ sapatnī́ṃ gamayāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For truly thy name hath taken no hold upon this husband, our delight. Far, yea far away to the distant region we send the rival forth.

Word by Word

• नहि: indeed not / surely not
• नहि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नहि (न + हि)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• नाम: name
• नाम: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्

• जग्राह: has seized / has taken
• जग्राह: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्

• नः: of us / to us
• नः: सम्बन्ध (our) / सम्प्रदान (to us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण (location)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• रमसे: you delight / you take pleasure
• रमसे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्

• पतौ: in (your) husband / in the husband
• पतौ: अधिकरण (in/with regard to the husband)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति

• पराम्: far away
• पराम्: कर्म (object; qualifying ‘सपत्नीम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम्)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• परावतम्: to a distant place
• परावतम्: गत्यर्थ-उपपद (goal/direction)
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: परावत्

• सपत्नीम्: the co-wife / rival wife
• सपत्नीम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्नी

• गमयामसि: we cause (her) to go / we send
• गमयामसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (णिच् causative: गमय-)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (varies).

Devata: Oṣadhi/Mantra as operative force; target is the sapatnī

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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