Mantra 8
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यस्त्वा स्वपन्तीं त्सरति यस्त्वा दिप्सति जाग्रतीम्। छायामिव प्र तान्त्सूर्यः परिक्रामन्ननीनशत्
IAST Transliteration
yás tvā svapántīṃ tsárati yás tvā dípsati jā́gratīm | chāyā́m iva prá tā́n sū́ryaḥ parikrā́mann anīnaśat ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whoso creeps upon thee sleeping, whoso seeks to harm thee waking—like a shadow forth the Sun, encompassing, hath made those vanish.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वपन्तीम्sleeping
स्वपन्तीम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootस्वप् (धातु) → शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘स्वपन्त्’
त्सरतिcreeps/steals upon
त्सरति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootत्सर् (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिप्सतिseeks to harm/attack
दिप्सति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदिप्स् (धातु; desiderative/intentional sense ‘to wish to harm/attack’)
जाग्रतीम्awake, watching
जाग्रतीम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootजागृ (धातु) → शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘जाग्रत्’
छायाम्shadow
छायाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootछाया (प्रातिपदिक)
इवas/like
इव:
(उपमान-निर्देशक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
प्रforth, away
प्र:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootप्र
तान्those (persons)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
परिक्रामन्going around, circling
परिक्रामन्:
Kartā (सूर्यस्य सह-विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootपरि-क्रम् (धातु) → शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘परिक्रामत्’
अनीनशत्drove away/destroyed
अनीनशत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनी-नश् (धातु; reduplicated aorist formation) / नश् ‘to perish, be destroyed’ with causative/drive-away sense in context
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (generic attribution)
Devata: Sūrya (as dispeller) / protective brahman
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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