Mantra 2

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परिपाणं पुरुषाणां परिपाणं गवामसि । अश्वानामर्वतां परिपाणाय तस्थिषे

IAST Transliteration

paripā́ṇaṃ púruṣāṇāṃ paripā́ṇaṃ gávām asi | áśvānām árvatāṃ paripā́ṇāya tasthíṣe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A guarding hand for men art thou, a guarding hand for cattle; for horses, for swift steeds, thou standest established as protection.

Word by Word

• परिपाणम्: protection; safeguarding (as the object sought)
• परिपाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-पाण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘चारों ओर रक्षा/संरक्षण’, ‘परिरक्षक/परिपालन’)

• पुरुषाणाम्: of men; of persons
• पुरुषाणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive) / Adhikaraṇa (sense: ‘for/of’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिपाणम्: protection
• परिपाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-पाण (प्रातिपदिक)

• गवाम्: of cows; of cattle
• गवाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are / it is (serves as ‘is’)
• असि: (क्रिया) विधेय
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अश्वानाम्: of horses
• अश्वानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्वताम्: of steeds; of swift horses
• अर्वताम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अश्व/रथवाह’ ‘steed’)

• परिपाणाय: for protection; for safeguarding
• परिपाणाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-पाण (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्थिषे: you have stood; you stand (firm)
• तस्थिषे: Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’) / (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → तस्थि- (परिपूर्ण/रेडुप्लिकेट परफेक्ट-स्टेम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain)

Devata: Āñjana / Rakṣā (protective power) as functional deity

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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