Mantra 15

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गन्धर्वाप्सरसः सर्पान् देवान् पुण्यजनान् पितॄन्। दृष्टानदृष्टानिष्णामि यथा सेनाममूं हनन्

IAST Transliteration

gandharvā́psarasaḥ sarpā́n devā́n puṇya-janā́n pitṝ́n | dṛṣṭā́n adṛ́ṣṭān iṣṇā́mi yáthā sénām amū́ṃ hánan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Gandharvas and Apsarases, serpents, Gods, the holy folk, the Fathers—seen and unseen I send forth, that they may smite that yonder host.

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าส่งเหล่าคันธรรพะและอัปสรา เหล่านาค/อสรพิษ เหล่าเทพ ผู้คนอันเป็นมงคล และบรรพชน (pitṛ) ทั้งที่เห็นได้และเห็นไม่ได้ ออกไป เพื่อให้พวกเขาฟาดฟันกองทัพที่อยู่โพ้นนั้น

Word by Word

• गन्धर्वान्: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्सरसः: Apsarases
• अप्सरसः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्पान्: serpents
• सर्पान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवान्: gods
• देवान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुण्यजनान्: the blessed folk (good beings)
• पुण्यजनान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यजन (प्रातिपदिक; पुण्य + जन)

• पितॄन्: the Fathers/ancestors
• पितॄन्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• दृष्टान्: seen (ones)
• दृष्टान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)

• अदृष्टान्: unseen (ones)
• अदृष्टान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → अदृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त; नञ्-पूर्वक)

• निष्णामि: I cause to be quiet / I pacify / I silence
• निष्णामि: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शम्/शाम् (धातु) उपसर्ग: नि-; रूप: निष्णामि (वैदिक)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• सेनाम्: an army
• सेनाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमूम्: that (yonder)
• अमूम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हन्: strike/kill (you)
• हन्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (injunctive/imperative-like Vedic form)
• Root: √हन् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Gandharva-Apsaras, Sarpa, Devas, Puṇyajana, Pitṛs (plural devatā complex)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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