Mantra 19

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अन्तर्देशा अबध्नत प्रदिशस्तमबध्नत । प्रजापतिसृष्टो मणिर्द्विषतो मेऽधराँ अकः

IAST Transliteration

antardeśā́ abadhnata pradíśas tám abadhnata | prajā́pati-sṛṣṭó maṇír dviṣatáḥ mé ’dharā́n akaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The mid-regions bound it on; the quarters bound on that amulet. The mani, created of Prajāpati, hath made my haters lower down beneath.

Translation

ଅନ୍ତର୍ଦେଶମାନେ ତାହାକୁ ବାନ୍ଧିଲେ; ଦିଗମାନେ ସେଇ ତାବିଜ (ମଣି) କୁ ବାନ୍ଧିଲେ। ପ୍ରଜାପତିସୃଷ୍ଟ ମଣି ମୋ ଦ୍ୱିଷତମାନଙ୍କୁ ତଳେ—ଅଧର—କରିଦେଇଛି।

Word by Word

• अन्तर्देशाः: the intermediate regions (inner quarters)
• अन्तर्देशाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्देश (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर् + देश)

• अबध्नत: they bound / fastened
• अबध्नत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)

• प्रदिशः: the fore-directions / quarters
• प्रदिशः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him / that (one)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अबध्नत: they bound / fastened
• अबध्नत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)

• प्रजापति-सृष्टः: created by Prajāpati
• प्रजापति-सृष्टः: विशेषणम् (मणिः-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: सृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सृज् → सृष्ट) + प्रजापति

• मणिः: the amulet / jewel
• मणिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्विषतः: of the hater / of the hostile one
• द्विषतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun (present active participle used substantively)
• Root: द्विष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; शतृ-प्रत्ययः: द्विषत्)

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अधरान्: lower, beneath, down
• अधरान्: कर्म (फल/परिणाम-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (used predicatively)
• Root: अधर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अकः: may (he/it) make/drive (them) down
• अकः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अक् (धातु; √अक्/अञ्च्-समूहः, ‘to lead/make/go’—here as injunctive/imperative-like form in Vedic usage)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Prajāpati (as creator-authorizer) and the Directions (Diś)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular

Mantra Rasa

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