Mantra 5

Sukta 56

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अरसस्य शर्कोटस्य नीचीनस्योपसर्पतः । विषं ह्य१स्यादिष्यथो एनमजीजभम्

IAST Transliteration

arásasya śarkóṭasya nīcī́nasyópasárpataḥ | viṣáṃ hí asyā́diṣyátho enam ajījabham ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of the sapless Śarkota, the low-creeping thing that steals upon one—its venom verily, when I have marked it out, then have I crushed and made it powerless.

Word by Word

• अरसस्य: of the tasteless/insipid one
• अरसस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरस (प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्कोटस्य: of the śarkota (a noxious creature/term of abuse; lit. ‘thorny/rough one’)
• शर्कोटस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्कोट (प्रातिपदिक)

• नीचीनस्य: of the low-lying/creeping one
• नीचीनस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीचीन (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपसर्पतः: of (him/it) creeping up/approaching
• उपसर्पतः: सम्बन्ध (qualifying the genitive chain)
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: उप-√सृप् (सृप्)

• विषम्: poison, venom
• विषम्: कर्म (with implied ‘remove/drive out’ sense) / or predicate object
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: सम्बन्ध (emphasis/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• अस्य: of this/its
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आदिष्य: having indicated/assigned, having directed
• आदिष्य: पूर्वकाल (prior action to main verb)
• Type: Verb (absolutive/gerund)
• Root: आ-√दिश् (दिश्)

• अथो: and then/and also
• अथो: सम्बन्ध (connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)

• एनम्: this one/him/it
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अजीजभम्: I crushed/overpowered (him/it)
• अजीजभम्: कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जभ् (जभ्) [intensive/reduplicated aorist-like form]

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt; commonly anonymous/Angirasic for such charms)

Devata: Viṣa-nāśana (poison-destroying power) directed against the śarkota; the mantra itself functions as the agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; typical for short apotropaic verses)

Mantra Rasa

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