Mantra 4

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अन्तर्धेहि जातवेद आदित्य कुणपं बहु। त्रिषंधेरियं सेना सुहितास्तु मे वशे

IAST Transliteration

antárdhehi jātaveda ā́ditya kúṇapaṃ bahú | triṣaṃ́dher iyáṃ sénā suhítāstu me váśe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hide thou away, O Jātavedas; O Āditya, the abundant carrion. Let this host of Triṣaṃdhi be well-set, and be it under my control.

Translation

ਹੇ ਜਾਤਵੇਦਸ, ਹੇ ਆਦਿਤ੍ਯ, ਇਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਕੁਣਪ (ਲਾਸ਼/ਕੈਰੀਅਨ) ਲੁਕਾ ਦੇ। ਤ੍ਰਿਸੰਧਿ (ਤ੍ਰਿਸ਼ੰਧਿ) ਦੀ ਇਹ ਸੈਨਾ ਸੁਥਿਰ ਰਹੇ; ਅਤੇ ਇਹ ਮੇਰੇ ਵਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਹੇ।

Word by Word

• अन्तर्धेहि: hide (it)/conceal
• अन्तर्धेहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा (धातु: धा/धा-आदेश, ‘अन्तर्’ उपसर्ग/उपपद सहित) अथवा ‘अन्तर्धा’ (अव्यय-धातु) + धा

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदः: Kartā (सम्बोधन/आह्वान) / संबोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेष/देवता)

• आदित्य: O Āditya
• आदित्य: (सम्बोधन) / संबोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक; देवता/सूर्य)

• कुणपम्: a corpse/carcass; foul body
• कुणपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुणप (प्रातिपदिक)

• बहु: much; abundant
• बहु: Karma (विशेषणत्वेन) / (यदि अव्ययवत्) —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रिसन्धेः: of the threefold joint/junction
• त्रिसन्धेः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / Adhikaraṇa-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिसन्धि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘three-jointed/threefold junction’)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सेना: army; host (of forces)
• सेना: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुहिताः: well-disposed; well-set
• सुहिताः: Kartā (विशेषणत्वेन) / (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुहित (कृदन्त/विशेषण; सु- + √धा/√हि?; अर्थतः ‘well-placed/settled, well-disposed’)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• मे: for me; my
• मे: Sampradāna (for me) / सम्बन्ध (my)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)

• वशे: in (my) control; under sway
• वशे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (later anukramaṇī attributions vary)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Āditya; Triṣaṃdhi-senā

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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