Mantra 2

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनाप्ता ये वः प्रथमा यानि कर्माणि चक्रिरे। वीरान् नो अत्र मा दभन् तद् व एतत् पुरो दधे

IAST Transliteration

anā́ptā yé vaḥ prathamā́ yā́ni kármāṇi cakriré | vīrā́n no átra mā́ dabhan tád va etád puró dadhe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unattaining were they, the first of you, who wrought those works: let them not here beguile our heroes; this very thing I set before you as a fore-guard.

Word by Word

• अना॑प्ताः: not attained / not reached (i.e., unsuccessful)
• अना॑प्ताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्-आप्त (प्रा. ‘आप्त’ < √आप् ‘to obtain’ with privative अन्-)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• प्रथ॒माः: first (earliest)
• प्रथ॒माः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्माणि: deeds, acts
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रिरे: they have done / they did
• चक्रिरे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• वीरान्: heroes, brave men
• वीरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: our / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

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

• दभन्: let them not harm / may they not injure
• दभन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दभ् (हिंसायाम्/द्रोहे; ‘to harm, deceive’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरः: in front, beforehand
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्ययीभाव/उपसर्गवत् अव्यय)

• दधे: I have placed / I set
• दधे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे/निधाने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain at verse-level)

Devata: Brahman/mantra as protective force (implicit); addressed adversaries as hostile agents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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