Mantra 9

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सेदिरुग्रा व्यृऽद्धिरार्तिश्चानपवाचना। श्रमस्तन्द्रीश्च मोहश्च तैरमूनभि दधामि सर्वान्

IAST Transliteration

sedíḥ ugrā́ vy-ṛ́ddhir ārtíś cānapavācanā́ | śrámas tandrī́ś ca móhaś ca táir amū́n abhí dadhāmi sárvān

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Fierce torpor, perverse increase, distress that is not to be averted—weariness, and drowsiness, and delusion: with these I set those yonder all about.

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स

• एदिः: a wasting ailment (edí)
• एदिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: एदि (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/दोष-नाम)

• उग्राः: fierce
• उग्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यृद्धिः: swelling/overgrowth
• व्यृद्धिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-√वृध् → व्यृद्धि (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)

• आर्तिः: distress/pain
• आर्तिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्ति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अनपवाचना: not-to-be-spoken-of reproach/ill repute (a baneful condition)
• अनपवाचना: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन-अप-√वच् (वाच्) → अपवाचन (निन्दा/अपवाद) ; अनपवाचना (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रमः: fatigue
• श्रमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)

• तन्द्रीः: drowsinesses/sluggishness
• तन्द्रीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्द्रि (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• मोहः: delusion/stupefaction
• मोहः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• तैः: with those (i.e., with these afflictions)
• तैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमून्: those (yonder)
• अमून्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: upon/against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दधामि: I place/lay
• दधामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; specific r̥ṣi uncertain without anukramaṇī.

Devata: Afflictions personified; Indra’s coercive power in the background

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

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