Mantra 2
Sukta 101
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
येन कृषं वाजयन्ति येन हिन्वन्त्यातुरम्। तेनास्य ब्रह्मणस्पते धनुरिवा तानया पसः
IAST Transliteration
yéna kṛśáṃ vājáyanti yéna hinvánty āturám | ténāsya brahmaṇaspate dhánur iva tānáya pásas ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Wherewith they make the lean man vigorous, wherewith they impel the sick to strength—therewith, O Brahmaṇaspati, stretch thou his member taut, as one a bow.
Word by Word
येनby which
येन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
कृषम्the emaciated (one)
कृषम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootकृष (प्रातिपदिक) [= कृश/कृष ‘lean, emaciated’]
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
वाजयन्तिthey invigorate / make strong
वाजयन्ति:
कर्तृ (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वज्/√वाज् (वाजयति = caus.)
येनby which
येन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
हिindeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
हिन्वन्तिthey impel / drive on
हिन्वन्ति:
कर्तृ (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√हिव्/√हिन्व् (हिनोति/हिन्वति ‘to impel, set in motion’)
आतुरम्the sick (person)
आतुरम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआतुर (प्रातिपदिक)
तेनwith that
तेन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-
अस्यof this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अ-
ब्रह्मणस्पतेO Lord of prayer (Brahmaṇaspati)
ब्रह्मणस्पते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootब्रह्मणस्-पति (प्रातिपदिक; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)
धनुःa bow
धनुः:
कर्तृ/उपमान (इव-प्रयोगे)
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
तानयstretch (it)!
तानय:
क्रिया (आह्वान)
TypeVerb
Root√तन् (तानय- ‘stretch!’; Vedic injunctive/imperative-type form) अथवा तानय (क्रियापद-प्रयोगः)
पसःthe bonds / snares
पसः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपस्/पाश (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic ‘noose, snare, bond’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution varies)
Devata: Brahmaṇaspati (as lord of efficacious brahman) and vājīkaraṇa potency
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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