Mantra 59
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्येदं वर्चस्तेजः प्राणमायुर्नि वेष्टयामीदमेनमधराञ्चं पादयामि
IAST Transliteration
tásyédáṃ varcástéjaḥ prāṇámāyúr ní veṣṭayāmī́dám enam adharā́ñcam pādayāmi
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
This lustre, this fiery might of his—his breath, his life—I wrap and bind it down; this man I force to face beneath, I press him downward.
Translation
तस्येदं वर्चस्तेजः प्राणमायुः च अहं वेष्टयामि निबध्नामि च; इमं नरम् अधराञ्चं पादयामि, अधो नयामि, अधः प्रपीडयामि।
Word by Word
तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्this
इदम्:
कर्म (object; appositional) / विषय
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वर्चःlustre, radiance
वर्चः:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेजःsplendour, vigor
तेजः:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राणम्breath, vital force
प्राणम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
आयुःlife-span, life
आयुः:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, into; (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb)
Rootनि (उपसर्ग)
वेष्टयामिI wrap/enclose
वेष्टयामि:
कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
TypeVerb
Root√वेष्ट् (वेष्टने)
इदम्this
इदम्:
कर्म (object; appositional)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एनम्him
एनम्:
कर्म (object)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्/एन् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रृङ्खला)
अधराञ्चम्downwards, facing downward
अधराञ्चम्:
कर्म (object; qualifier of एनम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधर + अञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘downward-turned’)
पादयामिI cause (him) to go/step; I set/bring (him)
पादयामि:
कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
TypeVerb
Root√पद्/पादय् (णिजन्त; ‘to cause to go/step, to set/bring’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (book-level attribution; verse-specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Impersonal magical efficacy of Varcas/Tejas/Prāṇa/Āyus (treated as manipulable powers)
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic cadence (not securely determinable from excerpt alone)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira