Mantra 1

Sukta 113

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शत्रुनाशनम्। तृष्टिके तृष्टवन्दन उदमूं छिन्धि तृष्टिके । यथा कृतद्विष्टासोऽमुष्मै शेप्यावते

IAST Transliteration

tṛ́ṣṭike tṛ́ṣṭa-vandana úd amū́ṁ chindhi tṛ́ṣṭike | yáthā kṛtá-dviṣṭāso ’múṣmai śepyā́vate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Tṛṣṭikā, praised for thy sharpness, cut forth and cut away that yonder foe, O Tṛṣṭikā; so that the made-haters may be for him—unto that man—an occasion of penal shame.

Word by Word

• शत्रुनाशनम्: enemy-destruction (a charm/act that destroys enemies)
• शत्रुनाशनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु- + नाशन (नश्/नाश् धातु से कृत ‘नाशन’)

• तृष्टिके: O Tṛṣṭikā (name of the charm/affliction addressed)
• तृष्टिके: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्टिका (प्रातिपदिक) संभवतः ‘तृष्’ (पिपासा/तृष्णा) से व्युत्पन्न नाम

• तृष्टवन्दनः: the one who praises/propitiates Tṛṣṭa (or: the Tṛṣṭa-praiser)
• तृष्टवन्दनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: तृष्ट- + वन्दन (वन्द् धातु) → समासिक प्रातिपदिक ‘तृष्टवन्दन’

• उद्: up, out (as a preverb)
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अमूम्: that (female/that one), her/it
• अमूम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• छिन्धि: cut (you)
• छिन्धि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)

• तृष्टिके: O Tṛṣṭikā
• तृष्टिके: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्टिका (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: as, so that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• कृतद्विष्टासः: those who have made (him) hated / the contrived-haters
• कृतद्विष्टासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: कृत- + द्विष्ट (द्विष् धातु से क्त) → ‘कृतद्विष्ट’ (समास)

• अमुष्मै: to that (man), to him
• अमुष्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शेप्यावते: to the one possessing ‘śepya’ (i.e., having the penis/virility; or ‘liable to be bound/fastened’ per context)
• शेप्यावते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शेप्यावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शेप्य’ + वत्-प्रत्यय) अथवा ‘शेप्य’ (विशेषण) + ‘वत्’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input)

Devata: Tṛṣṭikā (personified destructive/cutting power)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (needs metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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