Mantra 19

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रिषन्धे तमसा त्वममित्रान् परि वारय । पृषदाज्यप्रणुत्तानां मामीषां मोचि कश्चन

IAST Transliteration

tríṣandhe támasā tvám amítrā́n pári vā́raya | pṛṣadā́jya-praṇuttānāṃ mā́mīṣā́ṃ móci káścana ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

At the threefold junction, with darkness do thou encompass and restrain the enemies. Of those whom the speckled ghee hath thrust back, let not a single one of ours be loosed away.

Translation

ਤ੍ਰਿਸੰਧਿ ਉੱਤੇ, ਤਮਸ (ਅੰਧਕਾਰ) ਨਾਲ ਤੂੰ ਵੈਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਚਾਰੋਂ ਪਾਸੇ ਘੇਰ ਕੇ ਰੋਕ ਰੱਖ। ਪૃષਦਾਜ੍ਯ (ਚਿੱਤਰਲਾ ਘਿਉ) ਨੇ ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਧੱਕਿਆ ਹੈ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਸਾਡੇ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਕੋਈ ਇਕ ਵੀ ਖੁਲ ਕੇ ਨ ਨਿਕਲੇ।

Word by Word

• त्रिषन्धे: in/at the three junctions (threefold boundary-times/places)
• त्रिषन्धे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि- + सन्धि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तमसा: with darkness; by darkness
• तमसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमित्रान्: enemies; hostile ones
• अमित्रान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वारय: ward off; keep away
• वारय: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृञ् वरणे) / causative stem वारय-

• पृषदाज्यप्रणुत्तानाम्: of those driven away by pṛṣadājya (speckled ghee/ritual ghee)
• पृषदाज्यप्रणुत्तानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective (participial) / Noun-compound
• Root: पृषदाज्य + प्र-√नुद् (नुदँ प्रेरणे/अपनयने) → प्रणुत्त (कृदन्त)

• मा: me
• मा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईषाम्: of these; of them
• ईषाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्/एतद्-समूहसूचक सर्वनाम (एषाम्) — वैदिक रूप ईषाम्

• मोचि: do not release; do not let go
• मोचि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुचँ प्रमोचने) — aorist injunctive/precative form

• कश्चन: anyone; someone (at all)
• कश्चन: कर्तृ (निषेध-वाक्ये ‘कोऽपि’)
• Type: Pronoun (indefinite)
• Root: क (प्रश्न/अनिश्चित सर्वनाम) + चन (निपात)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution (per anukramaṇī lineages for war charms).

Devata: Tamas (Darkness) as operative power; Senā as implied instrument; ājya as empowered medium.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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