Mantra 18

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्ते गर्भं प्रतिमृशाज्जातं वा मारयाति ते । पिङ्गस्तमुग्रधन्वा कृणोतु हृदयाविधम्

IAST Transliteration

yás te gárbhaṃ pratimṛśā́j jātáṃ vā māráyāti te | píṅgas tám ugrádhanvā kṛṇótu hṛdayāvídham

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso by baleful touch would slay thy embryo, or the child when born—may Piṅga, the fierce-bowed, make that wretch heart-pierced.

Translation

ദുഷ്ടസ്പർശംകൊണ്ട് നിന്റെ ഗർഭത്തെയോ, ജനിച്ച കുഞ്ഞിനെയോ കൊല്ലാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നവനെ—ഉഗ്രധന്വനായ പിങ്ഗൻ ആ ദുഷ്ടനെ ഹൃദയം-വിദ്ധനാക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भम्: embryo, fetus
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिमृशात्: touches, handles (in a hostile/ritual sense)
• प्रतिमृशात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (finite) / Vedic injunctive-like form
• Root: प्रति + मृश् (धातु) → प्रतिमृश्

• जातम्: born, produced
• जातम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: √जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• मारयाति: kills, causes to die
• मारयाति: Kartā
• Type: Verb (causative)
• Root: √मृ (हिंसायाम्) / causative: मारयति

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिङ्गः: the tawny one (Pingá—an epithet, likely of a deity/guardian)
• पिङ्गः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / epithet
• Root: पिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रधन्वा: fierce-bowed (having a terrible bow)
• उग्रधन्वा: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa epithet)
• Root: उग्र-धन्वन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोतु: let (him) make / do
• कृणोतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• हृदयाविधम्: a heart-piercer; one who pierces the heart
• हृदयाविधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound)
• Root: हृदय-आविध (समास-प्रातिपदिक; √व्यध्/विध् ‘to pierce’ से)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (hymn attribution tradition)

Devata: Piṅga (protective avenger); implicitly the threatened garbha/jāta

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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