Mantra 16

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नास्य क्षेत्रे पुष्करिणी नाण्डीकं जायते बिसम्। यस्मिन् राष्ट्रे निरुध्यते ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या

IAST Transliteration

nā́sya kṣétré puṣkaríṇī ná āṇḍī́kaṃ jā́yate bísam | yásmin rā́ṣṭre nirudhýate brahma-jā́yā-cíttyā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In his domain no lotus-pond is found; no lotus-fibre is there brought forth—within that realm which is shut and held in durance by the intent that touches the Brahman’s wife.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्य: of this / of him
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक: अ- / इदम्)

• क्षेत्रे: in the field/land
• क्षेत्रे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुष्करिणी: a lotus-pond / pond
• पुष्करिणी: कर्तृ (जायते इति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्करिणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• आण्डीकम्: a bulb/tuber (egg-shaped swelling)
• आण्डीकम्: कर्तृ (जायते इति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आण्डीक (प्रातिपदिक; अर्थे ‘कन्द/गोलक/अण्डाकार-गाठ’ इति)

• जायते: is born / arises
• जायते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन्

• बिसम्: lotus-fibre / lotus-stalk
• बिसम्: कर्तृ (जायते इति) / कर्म (अर्थानुसार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिस (प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• राष्ट्रे: in the realm/kingdom
• राष्ट्रे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• निरुध्यते: is restrained / is shut in / is blocked
• निरुध्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √रुध्

• ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या: by the intent/plan of the Brahmin’s wife
• ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या: करण
• Type: Noun (compound) / Instrumental phrase
• Root: ब्रह्मजाया-चित्त्या (समास; प्रातिपदिक: ब्रह्मजाया + चित्त्या)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (hymn-level; varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Brahmanical dharma as punitive force; implicitly Varuṇa-like binding power (niruddhi)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV political/curse stanzas)

Mantra Rasa

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