Mantra 11

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रतीहारो निधनं विश्वजिच्चाभिजिच्च यः । साह्नातिरात्रावुच्छिष्टे द्वादशाहोऽपि तन्मयि

IAST Transliteration

pratīhāró nídhanaṁ viśvájit cābhijíc ca yáḥ | sāhnātirā́trāv ucchíṣṭe dvādaśāhó ’pi tánmayi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Pratīhāra, the Nidhana, the Viśvajit and the Abhijit, and the Sāhnātirātra—within Ucchiṣṭa; yea, the Twelve-day also is of that very substance.

Translation

普拉提哈拉（Pratīhāra）、尼达那（Nidhana）、毗湿瓦吉特（Viśvajit）与阿毗吉特（Abhijit），以及萨赫那提罗夜祭（Sāhnātirātra）——皆在乌奇希什塔（Ucchiṣṭa）之中；是的，十二日祭亦由同一体性所成。

Word by Word

• प्रतीहारः: the warder/repeller; the one who keeps back
• प्रतीहारः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतीहार (प्रति-√हृ ‘to take/bring back’, नामधातु-निर्मित प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ‘प्रतीहार’ प्रातिपदिक

• निधनम्: ending; destruction; final abode
• निधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ending, destruction; resting-place’

• विश्वजित्: all-conquering
• विश्वजित्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: विश्वजित् (विश्व + √जि ‘to conquer’)

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

• अभिजित्: over-conquering; victorious
• अभिजित्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: अभिजित् (अभि + √जि ‘to conquer’)

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

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• साह्नातिः: the daytime rite/bath (sāhnātī)
• साह्नातिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: साह्नाति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘day-bath/diurnal bathing’—साह्न- ‘daily’ + नाति/स्नाति-भाव)

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्छिष्टे: in/at the state of leavings; amid remnants (ucca-śiṣṭa)
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (उद् + √शिष्/शेष ‘to remain’ → ‘leftover, leavings’; प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वादशाहः: the twelve-day (rite/period)
• द्वादशाहः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशाह (द्वादश + अहन् ‘day’ समास)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like, technical

Mantra Rasa

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