Mantra 3
Sukta 56
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यतो दष्टं यतो धीतं ततस्ते निर्ह्वयामसि । अर्भस्य तृप्रदंशिनो मशकस्यारसं विषम्
IAST Transliteration
yató daṣṭáṃ yató dhītáṃ tátas te nírhvayāmasi | árbhasya tṛpradaṃśíno maśakásyārásaṃ viṣám
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whencesoever it was bitten, whencesoever it was lodged—thence we call it forth: the sapless poison of the tiny, sharp-biting mosquito.
Word by Word
यतःfrom where
यतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < यद्- (सर्वनाम)
दष्टम्(that which is) bitten/stung
दष्टम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√दंश् (दंशने) → दष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
यतःfrom where
यतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < यद्- (सर्वनाम)
धीतम्(that which is) thought/pondered
धीतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√धी (धी-धारणे/चिन्तायाम्) → धीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
ततःfrom that (source)
ततः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < तद्- (सर्वनाम)
तेof you / your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निःout, away
निः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ह्वयामसिwe call (away)
ह्वयामसि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे/√ह्वा (आह्वाने)
अर्भस्यof the small/young one
अर्भस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
तृप्रदंशिनःof the sharp-biting/stinging (one)
तृप्रदंशिनः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootतृप्रदंशिन् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासः: तृप्र- + दंशिन् ‘biter/stinger’)
मशकस्यof the mosquito
मशकस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमशक (प्रातिपदिक)
अरसम्sapless/harmless (lit. without ‘rasa’)
अरसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअरस् (प्रातिपदिक) → अरस (नञ्-अर्थे ‘tasteless/insipid; sapless’)
विषम्poison/venom
विषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Bhṛgu (sectional attribution)
Devata: Viṣa (poison) / Maśaka (mosquito) as adversarial agent
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Mantra Rasa
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