Mantra 18
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
मृत्योराषमा पद्यन्तां क्षुधं सेदिं वधं भयम्। इन्द्रश्चाक्षुजालाभ्यां शर्व सेनाममूं हतम्
IAST Transliteration
mṛtyór rā́ṣam ā́ padyantāṃ kṣúdhaṃ sedíṃ vadháṃ bhayám | índraś cākṣujālā́bhyāṃ śárva sénām amū́ṃ hatám ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Let Death’s hurt fall upon them—hunger, wasting, slaughter, terror. Indra too, with the eye-nets, and Śarva: smite down that yonder host.
Word by Word
मृत्योःof death
मृत्योः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु- (प्रातिपदिक)
आश्रमात्from the refuge/abode (here: from the grasp/haunt)
आश्रमात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम- (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards; into
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
पद्यन्ताम्let them go/come; let them fall away
पद्यन्ताम्:
विधेय (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पद् (गत्यर्थ) / पद्यते
क्षुधम्hunger
क्षुधम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुध्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hunger’)
सेदिम्consumption/decline
सेदिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसेदि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wasting/consumption’)
वधम्slaying; injury
वधम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवध- (प्रातिपदिक)
भयम्fear
भयम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभय- (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
अक्षुजालाभ्याम्with the two eye-nets/snares
अक्षुजालाभ्याम्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षुजाल- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘net/snare from the eye/evil-eye snare’)
शर्वःŚarva (Rudra)
शर्वः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootशर्व- (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Rudra/Śiva)
सेनाम्army; host
सेनाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसेना- (प्रातिपदिक)
अमूम्that (yonder)
अमूम्:
विशेषण-भावे कर्म (object-determiner)
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हतम्struck down; slain
हतम्:
कर्मणि-विशेषण (result state)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Root√हन् (हनन) → हत (क्त)
Attribution
Rishi: As per AV anukramaṇī for 8.8 (not supplied in input; to be filled from critical apparatus)
Devata: Mṛtyu (as force redirected), Indra, Śarva (Rudra)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verify)
Mantra Rasa
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