Mantra 10
Sukta 9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदि वासि त्रैककुदं यदि यामुनमुच्यसे । उभे ते भद्रे नाम्नी ताभ्यां नः पाह्याञ्जन
IAST Transliteration
yádi vā́si traikakudáṃ yádi yāmúnam ucyáse | ubhé te bhadré nā́mnī tā́bhyāṃ naḥ pāhy ā́ñjana ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whether thou art Trikakud by name, or whether thou art called Yāmuna, both thy names are auspicious: by those twain, O Añjana, do thou protect us.
Word by Word
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
वासिyou dwell / you are
वासि:
Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु) / √वस्
त्रैककुदम्(as) ‘Trikakuda/Three-peaked’ (name/epithet)
त्रैककुदम्:
Karma/Predicative complement (name/epithet)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootत्रैककुद (प्रातिपदिक) < त्रि + ककुद
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
यामुनम्‘Yāmuna’ (connected with the Yamunā; name/epithet)
यामुनम्:
Karma/Predicative complement (name/epithet)
TypeAdjective (gentilic) / Noun
Rootयामुन (प्रातिपदिक) < यमुना
उच्यसेyou are called
उच्यसे:
Kartā (grammatical subject ‘त्वम्’ in passive)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) / √वच्
उभेboth
उभे:
Kartā (of implied ‘स्तः/भवतः’ with ‘नाम्नी’)
TypeAdjective (numeral-like)
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक) / उभय
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भद्रेauspicious, fortunate
भद्रे:
Kartā (with ‘नाम्नी’)
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नाम्नी(two) names
नाम्नी:
Kartā (implied ‘स्तः’ = ‘are’)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
ताभ्याम्by/with those two
ताभ्याम्:
Karaṇa (instrumental: ‘by/with those two’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःus
नः:
Karma (object of ‘पाहि’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पाहिprotect
पाहि:
Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’); governs object ‘नः’
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु) / √पा (रक्षणे)
आञ्जनO collyrium / O anointing substance
आञ्जन:
सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक) < √अञ्ज् (to smear/anoint)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Añjana
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; confirm via Anukramaṇī)
Mantra Rasa
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