Atharva Veda 9.5.23: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 23

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नास्यास्थी॑नि भिन्द्या॒न्न म॒ज्ज्ञो निर्ध॑येत्। सर्व॑मेनं समा॒दाये॒दमि॑दं॒ प्र वे॑शयेत्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.5.23

IAST Transliteration

nā́syā́sthīni bhindyā́n ná majjñó nirdháyet | sárvam enaṃ samādā́yédám idaṃ prá veśayet

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him not break its bones, nor scrape away the marrow. Gathering it all together, let him cause it to enter—here, even here—into the appointed place.

Translation

อย่าให้เขาหักกระดูกของมัน และอย่าขูดเอาไขกระดูกออกไป เมื่อรวบรวมทั้งหมดไว้แล้ว จงทำให้มันเข้าไป—ที่นี่เอง ที่นี่เอง—สู่ที่ที่กำหนดไว้

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्य: of him/this (person)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्थीनि: bones
• अस्थीनि: कर्म (of भिन्द्यात्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)

• भिन्द्यात्: should split/break
• भिन्द्यात्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मज्ज्ञः: of the marrow
• मज्ज्ञः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• निर्दहेयेत्: should burn out/consume
• निर्दहेयेत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (उपसर्ग: निर्)

• सर्वम्: the whole (entirety)
• सर्वम्: कर्म (of समादाय)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: कर्म (object taken/led)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रुति)

• समादाय: having taken up/collected
• समादाय: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (having taken/collected)
• Type: Verbal indeclinable (gerund)
• Root: दा (उपसर्ग: सम्+आ)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (of प्रवेशयेत्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: into this
• इदम्: कर्म (destination/into this; with implied locative sense)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रवेशयेत्: should cause to enter/insert
• प्रवेशयेत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (उपसर्ग: प्र; causative: प्रवेशय-)

Attribution

Rishi: Anonymous ritual authority

Devata: Ritual correctness (yajña-niyama) / the victim as sacral body

Chandas: Didactic prose with metrical cadence

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta