Mantra 8
Sukta 56
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
य उभाभ्यां प्रहरसि पुच्छेन चास्येऽन च । आस्ये३ न ते विषं किमु ते पुच्छधावसत्
IAST Transliteration
yá ubhā́bhyāṃ prahárasi púccheṇa cāsyèna ca | āsyè ná te viṣáṃ kím u te pucchadhā́vasat ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thou that strikest with both, with tail and also with mouth—within thy mouth is no venom: what venom then is thine, O tail-rushing one?
Word by Word
यःwho (he)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उभाभ्याम्with both (of them)
उभाभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रहरसिyou strike / smite
प्रहरसि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहृ (धातु) + प्र- (उपसर्ग)
पुच्छेनwith the tail
पुच्छेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपुच्छ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
(सम्बन्धक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
आस्येनwith the mouth
आस्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
(सम्बन्धक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
अस्येin/for this (one), here
अस्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअस्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अनindeed / then (particle)
अन:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन (अव्यय; वैदिक-निपातः)
चand
च:
(सम्बन्धक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
आस्येin the mouth
आस्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
(निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
तेto you / for you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विषम्poison
विषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक)
किम्what?
किम्:
(प्रश्न)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed / then (emphatic particle)
उ:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (अव्यय; वैदिक-निपातः)
तेto you / for you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुच्छधावत्running to/with the tail (tail-rushing)
पुच्छधावत्:
(विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (Participle)
Rootपुच्छ- (प्रातिपदिक) + धाव् (धातु) → धावत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
असत्was / existed
असत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Unspecified (Atharvanic)
Devata: Anti-venom brahman directed against the tail-stinger
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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