Mantra 1

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अरिष्टक्षयणम्। अमून् हेतिः पतत्रिणी न्येऽतु यदुलूको वदति मोघमेतत्। यद् वा कपोत पदमग्नौ कृणोति

IAST Transliteration

ariṣṭa-kṣáyaṇam | amū́n hetíḥ patatríṇī ny ètu yád ulū́ko vádati mógham etát | yád vā kapóta padám agnáu kṛṇóti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Averting ill. Let yonder winged missile pass away and down: when the owl crieth, vain be this; or when, O pigeon, thou makest thy footprint in the fire.

Translation

ਅਰਿਸ਼ਟਕ੍ਸ਼ਯਣ (ਅਪਸ਼ਕੁਨ ਨਿਵਾਰਣ)। ਉਹ ਦੂਰ ਦੀ ਪੰਖਾਂ ਵਾਲੀ ਹੇਤੀ (ਛੱਡਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਵਾਰ) ਹੇਠਾਂ ਲੰਘ ਕੇ ਦੂਰ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇ। ਜਦ ਉਲੂਕ (ਉੱਲੂ) ਬੋਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਇਹ ਵਿਅਰਥ ਹੋਵੇ; ਜਾਂ ਹੇ ਕਪੋਤ (ਕਬੂਤਰ), ਜਦ ਤੂੰ ਅੱਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੈਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨ ਬਣਾਂਦਾ ਹੈਂ, ਤਦ ਵੀ (ਅਪਸ਼ਕੁਨ) ਨਿਸ਼ਫਲ ਹੋਵੇ।

Word by Word

• अ॒मून्: those (yonder ones)
• अ॒मून्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अमु-

• हे॒तिः: the missile/weapon (stroke)
• हे॒तिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेति (प्रातिपदिक) < √हि/हन् (प्रहरणे) (निघण्टु-प्रयोगः: ‘weapon/strike’)

• प॑त॒त्रिणी॒: winged, flying
• प॑त॒त्रिणी॒: कर्तृ (हेतिः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √पत् (गतौ) + -त्रिन्; स्त्री-रूपः पतत्रिणी

• नि: down, away (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• एतु: let (it) go/come
• एतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (गतौ)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: कर्म (वदति इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उलूकः: owl
• उलूकः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक (प्रातिपदिक)

• वदति: speaks/cries
• वदति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (व्यक्तायां वाचि)

• मोघम्: in vain, fruitlessly
• मोघम्: कर्म/क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: मोघ (प्रातिपदिक)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (वदति इत्यस्य; ‘this’ = the cry/omen)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: कर्म (कृणोति इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• कपोत: O pigeon
• कपोत: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: कपोत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पदम्: a step/footprint
• पदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नौ: in the fire
• अग्नौ: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोति: makes/does
• कृणोति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (per anukramaṇī for ariṣṭa material; confirm in critical apparatus).

Devata: Śānti (functional), with focus on the omen-birds (ulūka, kapota) as agents/signs.

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Atharvanic omen-verses often deviate; confirm by metrical count).

Mantra Rasa

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