Mantra 12

Sukta 136

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुदेवस्त्वा महानग्नीर्बबाधते महतः साधु खोदनम्। कुसं पीवरो नवत्

IAST Transliteration

sudévas tvā mahā́nagnīr babā́dhate mahatáḥ sā́dhu khodánam | kusáṃ pīváro návat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Mahānagnīs oppress thee, O Sudeva, with mighty, well-wrought piercing; (as) kuśa, a swelling, ever anew.

Translation

ஏ சுதேவ, மகாநக்னிகள் உன்னைப் பெரிதும், நன்றாகச் செய்யப்பட்ட துளைத்தல்/குத்துதல் (கோதனம்) மூலம் ஒடுக்குகின்றனர்; குசா புல் போல—வீங்கியதாக—எப்போதும் புதிதுபுதிதாக (முளைப்பது) போல்.

Word by Word

• सुदेवः: the good/divine one
• सुदेवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• महान्: great
• महान्: कर्तृ (with अग्निः) / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni; fire
• अग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• बबाधते: presses/afflicts/overpowers
• बबाधते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध् (बाधते)

• महतः: of the great (one)
• महतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• साधु: good; proper; well
• साधु: कर्म/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव
• Type: Adjective / Indeclinable-like (here as neut. nom./acc. sg.)
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• खोदनम्: digging; piercing; excavation
• खोदनम्: कर्म (what is done/produced)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खोदन (प्रातिपदिक; action-noun from √खुद्/√खोद् ‘to dig, pierce’)

• कुसम्: a kusa-grass (blade); kusa
• कुसम्: कर्म/उपमान-आधार
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुस (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीवरः: fat; stout; swelling
• पीवरः: कर्तृ/विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीवर (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• नवत्: freshly; as if new
• नवत्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: नवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘new’/‘fresh’ used adverbially)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain (late compilation context).

Devata: Mahānagnī-class grahas (as adversarial ‘deities’ of the rite); kuśa as ritual counter-power.

Chandas: Mixed/irregular; approximates Anuṣṭubh cadence.

Mantra Rasa

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