Atharva Veda 9.3.5 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 5

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं॒दं॒शानां॑ पल॒दानां॒ परि॑ष्वञ्जल्यस्य च । इ॒दं मान॑स्य॒ पत्न्या॑ न॒द्धानि॒ वि चृ॑तामसि

IAST Transliteration

saṃdaṃśā́nāṃ paladā́nāṃ paríṣvañjalyasya ca | idáṃ mā́nasya pátnyā naddhā́ni ví cṛtāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The fastenings of the clamps, the fastenings of the coverings, and of the tight-embracing wrap,—these bindings of Māna’s wife do we cut apart.

Translation

ปมผูกแห่งคีมหนีบ ปมผูกแห่งสิ่งปกคลุม และปมผูกแห่งผ้าพันที่รัดกอดแน่น; พันธนาการเหล่านี้ของภรรยามานะ (Māna) เราจักตัดแยกให้ขาดออก

Word by Word

• संदंशानाम्: of the tongs/biting-instruments
• संदंशानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदंश (प्रातिपदिक; ‘संदंश’ = चिमटा/दंशन-यन्त्र) अथवा ‘संदंश’ (दंश्-धातु से नामधातु/निष्पन्न)

• पलदानाम्: of the fetters/bindings (palada)
• पलदानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पलद (प्रातिपदिक; उपकरण/बन्धन-सम्बद्ध नाम)

• परिष्वञ्जल्यस्य: of the embracing/encircling (bond)
• परिष्वञ्जल्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिष्वञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘परि-स्वञ्ज्/स्वञ्ज्’ से निष्पन्न—आलिङ्गन/आवेष्टन-सम्बद्ध)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्तृ/विषय (subject of the verbal action)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मानस्य: of the mind; mental
• मानस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मान’ = मनस्-सम्बद्ध/मानस)

• पत्न्याः: of the wife
• पत्न्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)

• नद्धानि: bound; tied
• नद्धानि: कर्म (object: ‘the bound [things]’)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: नह् (धातु) → नद्ध (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि कृदन्त)

• वि: apart; asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• चृतामसि: you (pl.) loosen/cut off
• चृतामसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: चृ (धातु; ‘to cut/loosen/sever’) + लोट्/विधिलिङ्? (आशीर्लिङ्/लोट्-प्रयोगः; मन्त्रभाषा)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa attribution (Anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Bandhana/Granthi complex; the named household subject (Māna’s wife) as ritual patient

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: karuna

Secondary: vira