Mantra 5

Sukta 139

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा नकुलो विच्छिद्य संदधात्यहिं पुनः । एवा कामस्य विच्छिन्नं सं धेहि वीर्यावति

IAST Transliteration

yáthā nakuló vicchídya saṃdadhā́ty áhíṃ púnaḥ | evā́ kā́masya vicchínnaṃ sáṃ dhehi vī́ryāvati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As the mongoose, having rent apart, joins up again the serpent, even so, O mighty one, restore and knit together what of love is broken off.

Translation

നകുലൻ (മംഗൂസ്) സർപ്പത്തെ കീറി പിന്നെയും ചേർക്കുന്നതുപോലെ, അതുപോലെ, ഹേ വീര്യവതീ (ശക്തിയുള്ളവളേ), കാമത്തിന്റെ വിച്ഛിന്നമായതു വീണ്ടും സ്ഥാപിച്ച് കൂട്ടിച്ചേർക്കുക.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as / as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• नकुलः: the mongoose
• नकुलः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल (प्रातिपदिक)

• विच्छिद्य: having cut/severed
• विच्छिद्य: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छिद् (छेदने) उपसर्ग: वि-

• संदधाति: puts together / joins
• संदधाति: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे/स्थापने) उपसर्ग: सम्-

• अहिम्: the serpent
• अहिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (avyaya)

• एव: so / just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• कामस्य: of desire / of Kāma
• कामस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• विच्छिन्नम्: cut off / severed
• विच्छिन्नम्: Karma (विशेष्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वि-√छिद् → विच्छिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• संधेहि: join together / restore
• संधेहि: Kriyā (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√धा (स्थापने/संयोजने)

• वीर्यावति: O powerful one / in the powerful (female) [i.e., the charm/herb]
• वीर्यावति: Adhikaraṇa (संबोधन/सम्बन्ध-स्थान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Saṃdhāna-śakti (restorative power), implicitly Kāma; addressed ‘vīryāvati’ as empowered agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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