Mantra 1
Sukta 77
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शत्रुनाशनम्। सांतपना इदं हविर्मरुतस्तज्जुजुष्टन । अस्माकोती रिशादसः
IAST Transliteration
śatrunā́śanam | sā́ntapanā idáṃ havír marútas tád juṣṭana | asmā́kōtī́ riśā́dasaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Enemy-destroying. This scorching oblation—O Maruts, accept ye that: ye who are our succour, devourers of harm.
Word by Word
शत्रुनाशनम्enemy-destruction; a destroyer of enemies
शत्रुनाशनम्:
Karma (as an appositive/object ‘(this) enemy-destruction (charm/oblation)’)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootशत्रु- (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन- (कृदन्त; √नश् ‘नाशे’ + ल्युट्)
सांतपनाtormenting/afflicting (ones)
सांतपना:
Kartā (vocative-like address to Maruts/forces as ‘tormenting ones’)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootसंतापन- (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √तप् ‘संतापे/तपः’ + णिच्? + ल्युट्/अन)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (object of ‘accept/enjoy’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
हविःoblation; offering
हविः:
Karma (oblation offered/accepted)
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःthe Maruts (storm-gods)
मरुतः:
Kartā (agents addressed/implored)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्- (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (object of ‘enjoy/accept’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
जुष्टनenjoy/accept (you all)!
जुष्टन:
(Verb) — action requested of Maruts
TypeVerb
Root√जुष् (सेवने/प्रीतौ) ; लोट्, परस्मैपद
अस्माकःof us; our
अस्माकः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
ऊतीhelp; protection
ऊती:
Kartā/Adhikaraṇa (as ‘help/protection’ invoked as present/operative)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति- (प्रातिपदिक)
रिशादसःharm-destroyers; devourers of injury
रिशादसः:
Kartā (addressed beings, appositive to मरुतः)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootरिशादस्- (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय: ‘harm-eater/one who consumes injury’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic compiler-tradition; Marut-invocation type
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh/short mixed (rubric + verse; metrical audit needed)
Mantra Rasa
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