Mantra 5

Sukta 136

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

महानग्न्यतृप्नद्वि मोक्रददस्थानासरन्। शक्तिकानना स्वचमशकं सक्तु पद्यम

IAST Transliteration

mahā́nagnī́ atṛpnad ví mókrad ádad sthā́nāni asaran | śaktikānanā́ svacám áśakam saktú padyám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mahānagnī was not appeased: she loosed them apart; she devoured, and their stations ran away. Amid the thicket of pointed stakes, sound-skinned, I was able—(with) parched meal, by measured step.

Translation

மஹாநக்னீ திருப்தியடையவில்லை; அவள் அவர்களைப் பிரித்துவிட்டாள்; அவள் விழுங்கினாள், அவர்களின் நிலையிடங்கள் ஓடிப்போயின. கூர்மையான குத்துக்கம்புகளின் புதரிடையே, உறுதியான தோலுடன், நான் சத்து (வறுத்த மாவு) உடன், அளந்த அடியெடுப்பால் வல்லவனானேன்.

Word by Word

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अतृप्नत्: was not satisfied; did not become satiated
• अतृप्नत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) – तृप्यति

• वि: apart; forth; intensifier
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मोक्रत्: released; let go
• मोक्रत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) – मुञ्चति

• अदत्: gave
• अदत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) – ददाति

• अस्थान: they stood
• अस्थान: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) – तिष्ठति

• आ: towards; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• असरन्: they flowed; they moved
• असरन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृ (धातु) – सरति

• शक्तिकान्: little spears/darts; (weapon-like) spikes
• शक्तिकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनना: not-other; each one (as such)
• अनना: Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वचम्: bright; shining; clear
• स्वचम्: Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वच्/स्वच (प्रातिपदिक)

• अशकम्: (uncertain) a powerless/weak one; or a named object
• अशकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अशक (प्रातिपदिक) / वा – शक् (धातु) से निष्पन्न रूप (पाठभेद-संदिग्ध)

• सक्तु: parched grain-flour; meal
• सक्तु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्तु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पद्यम्: (something) to be stepped on/foot-related; a step; (context uncertain)
• पद्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पद्य (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain/late compilation layer (AV 20 is largely Rigvedic/khila-associated; specific ṛṣi attribution not stable here)

Devata: Vanaspati/ritual agency; also the personified Mahānagnī as operative figure

Chandas: Mixed/late; approximates Anuṣṭubh-like cadence but not securely determinable from the transmitted text alone

Mantra Rasa

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