Mantra 26

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अघविषा निपतन्ती तमो निपतिता

IAST Transliteration

aghá-viṣā́ nipátantī támo nípatitā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With evil poison she falls upon—darkness, cast down and fallen.

Translation

Nàng sa xuống, ập đến bằng độc dược ác—như bóng tối, bị quật ngã, đã ngã xuống.

Word by Word

• अघविषा: with/by evil poison; by a harmful venom
• अघविषा: करण
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अघविषा (प्रातिपदिक; अघ + विष) अथवा अघविष (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• निपतन्ती: falling down; descending
• निपतन्ती: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: √पत् (पतति) उपसर्गः नि-; वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ)

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• निपतिता: fallen down; having fallen
• निपतिता: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: √पत् (पतति) उपसर्गः नि-; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (hymn-level attribution).

Devata: Tamas / the poison-bearing evil agency (as target).

Chandas: Uncertain from excerpt; likely part of a mixed-meter sequence.

Mantra Rasa

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