Mantra 16

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्येदं वर्चस्तेजः प्राणमायुर्नि वेष्टयामीदमेनमधराञ्चं पादयामि

IAST Transliteration

tásya idáṃ várcas téjaḥ prāṇám ā́yur ní veṣṭayāmi idám enam adharā́ñcam pādayāmi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

His—this—lustre, his fiery might, his breath, his life I wrap down and close about; this man I make downward-going, I thrust him low.

Translation

ของเขา—นี้—รัศมีและเดชอันเร่าร้อน ลมหายใจ (ปราณะ) และอายุขัย ข้าพเจ้าพันรัดลงและปิดผนึกให้แน่น; ชายผู้นี้ข้าพเจ้าทำให้มุ่งลงเบื้องล่าง ข้าพเจ้ากดเขาให้ต่ำและผลักให้ตกลง

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (object; appositional) / विधेय
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चः: splendour, lustre
• वर्चः: कर्म (object; one of the items being ‘wrapped/placed’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेजः: radiance, energy
• तेजः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणम्: breath, vital force
• प्राणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• वेष्टयामि: I wrap/enclose
• वेष्टयामि: क्रिया (कर्तृ = अहम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वेष्ट् (वेष्टने) + नि

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (object; ‘this’ [act/thing])
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/एना-दर्शक सर्वनाम (enam)

• अधराञ्चम्: downward-facing, turned down
• अधराञ्चम्: कर्म (qualifier of ‘enam’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर + अञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक: अधराञ्च)

• पादयामि: I cause (him) to go/step; I drive/lead
• पादयामि: क्रिया (कर्तृ = अहम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पद्/पादय् (णिजन्त; causative) (गत्यर्थ/प्रेरणे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)

Devata: Mantraic coercive power; the victim’s varcas/tejas/prāṇa/āyus as manipulable entities

Chandas: Mixed; extended performative line (not strictly metrical in appearance)

Mantra Rasa

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