Mantra 17

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सहस्राक्षमतिपश्यं पुरस्ताद् रुद्रमस्यन्तं बहुधा विपश्चितम्। मोपाराम जिह्वयेयमानम्

IAST Transliteration

sahasrā́kṣam atipaśyáṃ purástād rudrám asyántaṃ bahudhā́ vipáścitam | mā́ upā́ram jihváyeyamā́nam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thousand-eyed, I saw him looming in the fore—Rudra, hurling (his shafts) in many a fashion, keenly wise. Let me not draw near unto him as he licks (to consume).

Translation

千の眼をもつ者を、前方に迫り来るのを見た——ルドラ（Rudra）、多様に（その矢を）投げ放ち、鋭く賢明なる者。彼が（呑み尽くさんと）舐めるとき、われは彼に近づかぬように。

Word by Word

• सहस्राक्षम्: thousand-eyed
• सहस्राक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा बहुव्रीहि-समास ‘सहस्राक्ष’

• अतिपश्यम्: all-seeing / seeing beyond
• अतिपश्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पश् (दृश्) + अति- (उपसर्ग) ; ‘अतिपश्य’ (वर्तमान कृदन्त/विशेषण)

• पुरस्तात्: in front; from the east/fore
• पुरस्तात्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् + तात् (अव्ययीभाव)

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्यन्तम्: hurling; driving forth
• अस्यन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √अस् (क्षेपणे ‘to throw/drive’) ; शतृ-प्रत्यय ‘अस्यन्त्’

• बहुधा: in many ways; variously
• बहुधा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहु + धा (अव्यय)

• विपश्चितम्: wise; discerning
• विपश्चितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि- + √पश् (दृश्) → ‘विपश्चित्’ (प्रातिपदिक ‘wise, discerning’)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• उप: near; towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आरम्: stop; desist
• आरम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋ (गत्यर्थ) / ‘आ-√रम्/√रम्’ (to stop, to rest, to cease) ; ‘आरम्’ (लोट्/आज्ञार्थक रूप का पद) — वैदिक प्रयोग

• जिह्वयेयमानम्: moving the tongue; licking / lolling the tongue
• जिह्वयेयमानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक) + √इ (गत्यर्थ) / √यम् (प्रयत्न/धारण) के साथ देसी/वैदिक कृत-रचना; रूपतः ‘-येयमान’ (वर्तमान/आत्मनेपदी कृदन्त-प्रयोग) ; अर्थतः ‘जिह्वया ईयमान/यम्यमान’ = ‘tongue-moving/licking’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Rudra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (longer pādas; AV transmission)

Mantra Rasa

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