Mantra 5
Sukta 9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नैनं प्राप्नोति शपथो न कृत्या नाभिशोचनम्। नैनं विष्कन्धमश्नुते यस्त्वा बिभर्त्याञ्जन
IAST Transliteration
náinaṃ prā́pnoti śapáthो ná kṛ́tyā nábhiśócanam | náinaṃ víṣkandham aśnute yás tvā́ bíbhar ty ā́ñjana
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
No curse shall overtake him, nor kṛtyā-witchcraft, nor hostile scorching; nor shall the Viṣkandha seize upon him—whoso beareth thee, O Collyrium.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एनम्him/it (this one)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-आदेश)
प्राप्नोतिreaches/attains
प्राप्नोति:
Kartā (क्रियायाः)
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (आप्नु) उपसर्गः प्र-
शपथःoath/curse (imprecation)
शपथः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशपथ (प्रातिपदिक)
नnor/not
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
कृत्याsorcery/witchcraft (harmful rite)
कृत्या:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
नnor/not
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अभिशोचनम्bewitching/afflicting spell
अभिशोचनम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअभिशोचन (प्रातिपदिक; अभि-√शुच्/शोच् ‘to burn/grieve’ → ‘afflicting spell’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एनम्him/it
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-आदेश)
विष्कन्धम्(a) wasting disease/obstructive affliction (viṣkandha)
विष्कन्धम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविष्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्नुतेattains/seizes
अश्नुते:
Kartā (क्रियायाः)
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (अश्नु) ‘to reach/obtain’
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
बिभर्तिbears/carries
बिभर्ति:
Kartā (क्रियायाः)
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भृञ्) ‘to bear/support’
आञ्जनO collyrium/ointment (protective unguent)
आञ्जन:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootआञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Āñjana (protective remedy); adversaries: Śapatha, Kṛtyā, Viṣkandha (personified harms)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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