Mantra 3

Sukta 95

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आतोदिनौ नितोदिनावथो संतोदिनावुत। अपि नह्याम्यस्य मेढ्रं य इतः स्त्री पुमान् जभार

IAST Transliteration

ā́todínau nitodínāv átho saṃtodínāv utá | ápi nahyāmy asya méḍhraṃ yá itáḥ strī́ pumā́n jabhā́ra

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The two assailing Piercers, the two down-piercers, yea, the two thorough-piercers—moreover I bind fast his virile member, who from hence hath carried off a woman, a man (as ravisher).

Word by Word

• आतॊदिनौ: two piercers / two goaders
• आतॊदिनौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: आ-तुद् (धातु) → आतोदिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नितोदिना: with a piercer / by a goad
• नितोदिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: नि-तुद् (धातु) → नितोदिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and then; also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो

• संतोदिना: with a pricker / with a sharp goad
• संतोदिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: सम्-तुद् (धातु) → संतोदिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• नह्यामि: I bind / I tie
• नह्यामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नह् (धातु) / नह्य् (वेदिक) = बन्धने

• अस्य: of him / of this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मेढ्रम्: the penis (male organ)
• मेढ्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेढ्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः

• स्त्री: a woman
• स्त्री: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुमान्: a man
• पुमान्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जभार: has carried off / has taken away
• जभार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु) = धारण/हरणे

Attribution

Rishi: As above (requires anukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Bandhana (binding power) and personified tormentors (todin-)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (to be verified)

Mantra Rasa

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