Mantra 8
Sukta 22
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
महावृषान् मूजवतो बन्ध्वद्धि परेत्य । प्रैतानि तक्मने ब्रूमो अन्यक्षेत्राणि वा इमा
IAST Transliteration
mahāvṛ́ṣān mū́javato bándhv addhí parétya | prá etā́ni takmáne brūmo anyákṣetrāṇi vā imā́
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Mahāvṛṣas, the Mujavants—thy kinsmen—devour (receive thee), when thou hast gone forth and away. These do we proclaim unto Takmán, or else these are other territories (for him).
Word by Word
महावृषान्the mighty bulls / very strong ones
महावृषान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमहावृष (प्रातिपदिक; महा- + वृष ‘वृषभ/बलवान्’)
मूजवतःof Mujavat (region/mountain)
मूजवतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective (genitival qualifier)
Rootमूजवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मूजवत्’ देश/पर्वत-सम्बन्धी)
बन्धुkinsman; ally; relation
बन्धु:
कर्तृ (as subject of an implied/copular sense)
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
अद्धिeat!; consume!
अद्धि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअद् (धातु; ‘to eat’)
परेत्यhaving gone away/around; after departing
परेत्य:
क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
TypeGerund/Absolutive
Rootपरि-इ (धातु √इ ‘to go’ with उपसर्ग परि-)
प्रforth; forward; away
प्र:
क्रियाविशेषण (direction/intensifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
एतानिthese (things)
एतानि:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तक्ष्मनेto the fever (Takman)
तक्ष्मने:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootतक्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘consumption/fever’, esp. wasting fever)
ब्रूमःwe say; we declare
ब्रूमः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु; ‘to speak’)
अन्यother
अन्य:
कर्म (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
क्षेत्राणिfields; places; regions
क्षेत्राणि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
समुच्चय/विकल्प (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
इमाthese (here)
इमा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)
Devata: Takmán (Fever)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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