Mantra 6

Sukta 56

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न ते बाह्वोर्बलमस्ति न शीर्षे नोत मध्यतः । अथ किं पापयामुया पुच्छे बिभर्ष्यर्भकम्

IAST Transliteration

ná te bāhvór bálam asti ná śīrṣé nótá madhyatáḥ | átha kíṃ pāpayā́muyā́ púcche bíbharṣy arbhakám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

No strength is thine in arms, none in the head, nor yet within the middle: then what, with that evil thing, dost thou bear in thy tail—a paltry trifle?

Translation

உன் புயங்களில் வலமில்லை; தலைப்பகுதியிலும் இல்லை; நடுப்பகுதியிலும் இல்லை. அப்படியிருக்க, அந்தப் பாவமயமான பொருளோடு நீ உன் வாலில் அந்த அற்பமான சிறு ஒன்றை ஏன் சுமக்கிறாய்?

Word by Word

नnot

तेof you / your

बाह्वोःin (your) two arms / of (your) two arms

बलम्strength

अस्तिis / exists

नnot

शीर्षेin the head

नnot

उतand also / even

मध्येin the middle

तःfrom (there) / from the middle

अथthen / so

किम्what?

पापयाwith evil / by a wicked (thing)

अमुयाwith that (yonder)

पुच्छेin the tail

बिभर्षिyou bear / you carry

अर्भकम्a little one / a child / a small creature

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic milieu (unspecified here)

Devata: Śarkota/venom addressed as the adversary; the charm’s brahman is the effective power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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