Mantra 5

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यममी पुरोदधिरे ब्रह्माणमपभूतये । इन्द्र स ते अधस्पदं तं प्रत्यस्यामि मृत्यवे

IAST Transliteration

yám amī́ purodadhiré bráhmāṇam ápabhūtaye | índra sá te ádhaspadáṃ táṃ práty asyāmi mṛtyáve

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That spell which those have set before them for the driving-off of evil—O Indra, it is thine: its nether footing, that I cast back upon Death.

Word by Word

• यम्: whom
• यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य

• अमी: these (people/ones)
• अमी: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरः: in front, beforehand
• पुरः: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थक)

• दधिरे: they placed/established
• दधिरे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) [दधि-]

• ब्रह्माणम्: the sacred utterance / brahman (prayer, holy power)
• ब्रह्माणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपभूतये: for driving away / for removal (of evil)
• अपभूतये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपभूति (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (Vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अधःपदम्: the lower place/footing
• अधःपदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: अधः (अव्यय) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: towards, against
• प्रति: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अस्यामि: I cast/strike (down)
• अस्यामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्/अस्य (धातु: अस् ‘to throw/strike’ in Vedic usage; caus./desid. not marked here)

• मृत्यवे: to Death
• मृत्यवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution per anukramaṇī tradition (not supplied here; verify in critical apparatus)

Devata: Indra; Mṛtyu as the receiving power of the returned evil

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verify by metrical count)

Mantra Rasa

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