Atharva Veda 9.3.10 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 10

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒मुत्रै॑न॒मा ग॑च्छताद् दृ॒ढा न॒द्धा परि॑ष्कृता । यस्या॑स्ते विचृ॒ताम॒स्यङ्ग॑मङ्गं॒ परु॑ष्परुः

IAST Transliteration

amútraínám ā́ gacchatād dṛḍhā́ náddhā páriṣkṛtā | yásyās te vicṛtā́masy áṅgam-aṅgaṃ páruṣ-paruḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Yonder let this depart. Firm-bound, well-fastened, well-prepared—she of whom we have cut away for thee, part by part, joint by joint.

Translation

ขอให้สิ่งนี้ไปเสีย ณ ที่โน้นเถิด—ผูกแน่น มัดมั่น ยึดตรึงดี จัดเตรียมพร้อมแล้ว; นางผู้นั้นซึ่งเราได้ตัดออกเพื่อเจ้า—ทีละส่วน ทีละข้อ ต่อข้อ ต่อปล้อง

Word by Word

• अमुत्र: there (in yonder world/place)
• अमुत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमुत्र (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) अव्यय-शब्द

• एनम्: this one / him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्/एनम्

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गच्छतात्: let (him/it) go
• गच्छतात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• दृढाः: firm, tight
• दृढाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नद्धाः: bound, tied
• नद्धाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: नह् (धातु) → नद्ध (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/क्त)

• परिष्कृताः: made ready, well-prepared
• परिष्कृताः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: कृ (धातु) + परि- (उपसर्ग) → परिष्कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)

• यस्याः: of whom / whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विचृताम्: torn apart, disjointed
• विचृताम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: चृ/चर् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग) → विचृत (कृदन्त, क्त)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अङ्गम्: limb
• अङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गम्: limb (each limb)
• अङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• परुः: joint, knot, segment
• परुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परु (प्रातिपदिक)

• परुः: joint (each joint)
• परुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic tradition (not specified here)

Devata: Śālā as consecrated entity; apotropaic force of dismissal; implicit protective deities of the household

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira