Mantra 7

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् संयमो न वि यमो वि यमो यन्न संयमः । इन्द्रजाः सोमजा आथर्वणमसि व्याघ्रजम्भनम्

IAST Transliteration

yát saṁyamó ná ví-yamó ví-yamó yán ná saṁyámaḥ | índra-jā́ḥ sóma-jā́ ātharvaṇám asi vyāghrá-jámbhanam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What is a binding, yet not a binding; a loosening—yea, a loosening—what is no binding at all: Indra-born, Soma-born, thou art Atharvanic, a crusher of the tiger.

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्धसूचक) / अनिर्णीत
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• संयमः: restraint; binding; control
• संयमः: Kartā (वाक्ये विषयः) / अनिर्णीत
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-यम् (धातु) → संयम (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• वि: apart; asunder; distinctly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यमः: restraint; check; control
• यमः: Kartā (वाक्ये विषयः) / अनिर्णीत
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम् (धातु) → यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यमः: restraint; check
• यमः: Kartā (वाक्ये विषयः) / अनिर्णीत
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम् (धातु) → यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्धसूचक) / अनिर्णीत
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• संयमः: restraint; binding
• संयमः: Kartā (वाक्ये विषयः) / अनिर्णीत
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-यम् (धातु) → संयम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रजाः: Indra-born; sprung from Indra
• इन्द्रजाः: Kartā/विशेषणम् (सम्बोधन-पूर्वक-स्तुत्यर्थे) / अनिर्णीत
• Type: Adjective (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासान्त) used substantively
• Root: इन्द्र-जा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘इन्द्र’ + ‘जा’ < √जन् ‘to be born’)

• सोमजाः: Soma-born; sprung from Soma
• सोमजाः: Kartā/विशेषणम् / अनिर्णीत
• Type: Adjective used substantively
• Root: सोम-जा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सोम’ + ‘जा’ < √जन्)

• आथर्वणम्: Atharvan-like; Atharvanic (belonging to Atharvan)
• आथर्वणम्: Karma (यदि ‘असि’ इत्यनेन ‘त्वम् … असि’—विशेष्य-रूपेण) / अनिर्णीत
• Type: Adjective (used predicatively) / Noun (as epithet)
• Root: आथर्वण (प्रातिपदिक; अथर्वन्-सम्बन्धी)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू)

• व्याघ्रजम्भनम्: tiger-crushing; crusher of a tiger (or: crushing like a tiger’s jaws)
• व्याघ्रजम्भनम्: Karma/विशेषणम् (आथर्वणम्/त्वम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) / अनिर्णीत
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: व्याघ्र-जम्भन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘व्याघ्र’ + ‘जम्भन’ < √जभ्/√जम्भ् ‘to crush, seize with jaws’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly attributed within Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages by anukramaṇī)

Devata: The Atharvanic charm/medicine personified; with Indra and Soma as generative powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed against pada-count in a critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

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