Mantra 5

Sukta 70

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपि नह्यामि ते बाहू अपि नह्याम्यास्यऽम्। अग्नेर्घोरस्य मन्युना तेन तेऽवधिषं हविः

IAST Transliteration

ápi nahyāmi te bāhū́ ápi nahyāmy ā́syàm | agnér ghórasya manyúnā téna te ’vadhíṣaṁ havíḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I bind fast thy arms; I bind fast thy mouth. With the dread wrath of Agni—therewith I have smitten thee down, (using) the oblation.

Word by Word

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

• नह्यामि: I bind; I tie
• नह्यामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नह् (नह्यति) / नह्-धातु

• ते: to you / your
• ते: सम्प्रदान (recipient) / सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• बाहू: (your) two arms
• बाहू: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु-

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

• नह्यामि: I bind
• नह्यामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नह् (नह्यति)

• आस्यम्: mouth; face
• आस्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य-

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि-

• घोरस्य: terrible; fierce
• घोरस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर-

• मन्युना: with wrath; with furious power
• मन्युना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु-

• तेन: with that
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• ते: for you; to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अवधिषम्: I struck down; I slew; I smote
• अवधिषम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (वधति) with अव-

• हविः: oblation; offering
• हविः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (hymn-level tradition; specific r̥ṣi uncertain from the given excerpt alone)

Devata: Agni (ghora), with Manyu (wrath) as operative power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short pādas consistent with AV anuṣṭubh usage)

Mantra Rasa

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