Mantra 9
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अश्वस्यास्नः संपतिता सा वृक्षां अभि सिष्यदे । सरा पतत्रिणी भूत्वा सा न एह्यरुन्धति
IAST Transliteration
áśvasyā́snáḥ sámpatitā sā́ vṛkṣā́n abhí siṣyade | sārá̄ patatríṇī bhūtvā sā́ na éhy arundhatī́ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Fallen from the horse’s mouth, she settles upon the trees. Becoming winged, an essence, come hither unto us, O Arundhatī, the restrainer.
Word by Word
अश्वस्यof the horse
अश्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
आस्नःof the mouth / jaws
आस्नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootआस्न (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together; completely (prefix)
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootसम्
पतिताhaving fallen / fallen down
पतिता:
कर्तृ (with implied ‘सा’)
TypeParticiple (Adjective/Noun-like)
Rootपत् (धातु) → पतित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
साshe / that (female)
सा:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृक्षान्trees
वृक्षान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards; upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preposition/preverb)
Rootअभि
सिष्यदेshe flows/runs; she moves swiftly (towards)
सिष्यदे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्यन्द्/स्यद् (धातु) + सि- (वेदिक-विकरण/प्रयोग) → सिष्यद् (प्र.प.)
सराthe swift one; a runner/creeper (swift-moving)
सरा:
कर्तृ (apposition to सा)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसर (प्रातिपदिक) / सरा (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
पतत्रिणीa winged one; bird
पतत्रिणी:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootपतत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक) → पतत्रिणी (स्त्री)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (absolutive modifying main verb)
TypeGerund
Rootभू (धातु) → भूत्वा
साshe
सा:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us
नः:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for us / of us; contextually ‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
एहिcome!
एहि:
क्रिया (आह्वान)
TypeVerb (imperative)
Rootइ (धातु)
अरुन्धतिshe restrains/blocks; she wards off
अरुन्धति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरुध् (धातु) + अ- (उपसर्ग) → अरुन्धति
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain at verse-level)
Devata: Arundhatī (as restraining protective power); substance as personified agent
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
Mantra Rasa
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