Mantra 16

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्त्वा स्वप्नेन तमसा मोहयित्वा निपद्यते । प्रजां यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि

IAST Transliteration

yás tvā́ svápnena támasā moháyitvā́ nipádyate | prajā́m yás te jíghāṃsati tám itó nāśayāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso, with dream and darkness having bewildered thee, lieth down upon thee—whoso would smite thy progeny, him from hence we cause to perish.

Translation

ผู้ใดทำให้ท่านหลงด้วยความฝันและความมืด แล้วเข้ามาทับนอนเหนือท่าน—ผู้ใดหมายจะทำร้ายวงศ์วานของท่าน ผู้นั้นเราทำให้พินาศไปจากที่นี้

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / य-

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वप्नेन: by/with a dream
• स्वप्नेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• तमसा: by/with darkness
• तमसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मोहयित्वा: having deluded
• मोहयित्वा: (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु) → मोहयति (णिच्) → मोहयित्वा

• निपद्यते: lies down / falls down
• निपद्यते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + पद् (धातु)

• प्रजाम्: offspring, progeny
• प्रजाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / य-

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जिघांसति: wishes/intends to kill
• जिघांसति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) → जिघांसति (देसिदेरटिव्, सन्)

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इतः: from here, hence
• इतः: अपादान/अधिकरण (दिशा/स्थान-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय)

• नाशयामसि: we destroy
• नाशयामसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) → नाशयति (णिच्) → नाशयामसि

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (attribution varies).

Devata: Anti-tamas / anti-svapna apotropaic power; implicitly Sūrya as dawn-counterforce in performance.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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