Mantra 11

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यश्चकार न शशाक कर्तुं शश्रे पादमङ्गुरिम्। चकार भद्रमस्मभ्यमभगो भगवद्भ्यः

IAST Transliteration

yáś cakā́ra ná śaśā́ka kártuṃ śaśré pā́dam aṅgúrim | cakā́ra bhadrám asmábhyam abhagó bhágavadbhyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who hath wrought, yet had not power to work it through—his foot, his very toe hath slipped. He hath wrought good for us: luckless is he, for the fortunate.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चकार: did; made
• चकार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• शशाक: was able
• शशाक: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)

• कर्तुम्: to do; to make
• कर्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (Infinitive)
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• शश्रे: resorted to; took refuge in; leaned on
• शश्रे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु)

• पादम्: foot; step
• पादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गुरिम्: finger; toe
• अङ्गुरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गुरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• चकार: did; made
• चकार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• भद्रम्: good; welfare; auspicious benefit
• भद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभगः: not sharing in fortune; unblessed; luckless
• अभगः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-भग (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गपूर्वक-निषेध)

• भगवद्भ्यः: from the fortunate/possessors of bhaga (good fortune)
• भगवद्भ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (cycle attribution variable)

Devata: Bhadra/Bhaga as auspicious power (implicit), opposed to kṛtyā-maker

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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