Mantra 3

Sukta 54

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सबन्धुश्चासबन्धुश्च यो अस्मां अभिदासति । सर्वं तं रन्धयासि मे यजमानाय सुन्वते

IAST Transliteration

sabándhuś cāsabándhuś ca yó asmā́n abhidā́sati | sárvaṃ táṃ randhayāsi me yájamānāya sunváte

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whether with kindred or without kindred, whoso assaileth us in hate—him wholly dost thou bring to submission for me, for the sacrificer who presseth.

Word by Word

• सबन्धुः: one having kin/relations
• सबन्धुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सबन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) < बन्धु

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• असबन्धुः: one without kin; unrelated person
• असबन्धुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: असबन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) < अ- + सबन्धु

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards; against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• दासति: harms; assails
• दासति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दस् (धातु) — ‘हानौ/उपक्षये’ (वेदिक-प्रयोगः)

• सर्वम्: all; wholly
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रन्धयासि: you subdue; you bring under control
• रन्धयासि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रन्ध् (धातु) — ‘वशे/निग्रहे’

• मे: for me; to me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यजमानाय: for the sacrificer/patron
• यजमानाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक) < यज् धातोः (कृदन्त-निष्पन्न-नाम)

• सुन्वते: for the presser (of Soma); for the one who is pressing
• सुन्वते: Sampradāna
• Type: Participle (Adjectival) / Noun
• Root: सुन्वत् (प्रातिपदिक) < सु (धातु) ‘सोम-प्रसवे’ (वर्तमान-कृदन्तः शतृ)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (per Anukramaṇī assignment for AV 6.54).

Devata: Indeterminate coercive power addressed implicitly (often the invoked pair from the hymn-context; functionally a ‘subjugating’ divine force).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm in edition)

Mantra Rasa

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