Mantra 3

Sukta 110

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

व्याघ्रेऽह्न्यजनिष्ट वीरो नक्षत्रजा जायमानः सुवीरः । स मा वधीत् पितरं वर्धमानो मा मातरं प्र मिनीज्जनित्रीम्

IAST Transliteration

vyāghré’hný àjaniṣṭa vīró nákṣatrajā́ jā́yamānaḥ suvī́raḥ | sá mā vadhīt pitáraṃ várdhamāno mā mātáraṃ prá minī́j janitrī́m

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Born on the Tiger-day, a hero—asterism-born—being born, a well-heroed one: let him, as he grows, not slay the father; let him not, in any wise, harm the mother, the very birth-giver.

Word by Word

• व्याघ्रे: in/at the tiger (i.e., in the tigress)
• व्याघ्रे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अह्नि: on that day / in the day
• अह्नि: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजनिष्ट: was born / came to be
• अजनिष्ट: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)

• वीरः: a hero / man-child
• वीरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• नक्षत्रजा: star-born / born under a (certain) constellation
• नक्षत्रजा: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नक्षत्र-जा (प्रातिपदिक; जा = √जन् ‘born’)

• जायमानः: being born
• जायमानः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √जन् (धातु)

• सुवीरः: very heroic / having good heroes
• सुवीरः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मा: do not
• मा: (निषेधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव्यय ‘मा’ (निषेध)

• वधीत्: should strike/kill
• वधीत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)

• पितरम्: the father
• पितरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्धमानः: growing / increasing
• वर्धमानः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √वृध् (धातु)

• मा: do not
• मा: (निषेधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव्यय ‘मा’ (निषेध)

• मातरम्: the mother
• मातरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward; intensively
• प्र: (क्रियाविशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मिनीत्: should harm/impair
• मिनीत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मी (धातु; ‘to diminish/impair/violate’)

• जनित्रीम्: the begetter, mother (she who gives birth)
• जनित्रीम्: कर्म (मातरम्-समनाधिकरण/अप्पोजिशन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनित्री (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input; commonly Atharvan/Angiras-type for śānti material)

Devata: Nakṣatra/Time-omen; implicitly the household order (ṛta/dharma) as the force being restored

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification against a critical pada count)

Mantra Rasa

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