Mantra 6

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः प्रथमः कर्मकृत्याय जज्ञे यस्य वीर्यंऽ प्रथमस्यानुबुद्धम्। येनोद्यतो वज्रोऽभ्यायताहिं स नो मुञ्चत्वंहसः

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ prathamáḥ karmakṛ́tyāya jajñé yásya vīryàṁ prathamásyānubuddhám | yénodyató vájro ’bhy ā́yatā́hiṁ sá no muñcatv áṁhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who was born the first for deed and counter-deed, whose heroic might, the firstling’s, is acknowledged; by whom the uplifted bolt rushed forth against the Serpent—may he release us from distress and sin.

Translation

هو الذي وُلِدَ أوّلًا للفعلِ ولِدَفْعِ الفعل (الكِرْتْيَا kṛtyā)؛ والذي تُعرَفُ وتُقَرُّ بسالتُه، بسالةُ البِكْر؛ والذي به اندفعَ الفَجْرُ المرفوع، الفَجْرُ (vajra) نحو الحيّة—فليُطلِقْنا من الضيق والإثم.

Word by Word

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

• प्रथमः: first
• प्रथमः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्मकृत्याय: for the (magical) rite/act (kṛtyā)
• कर्मकृत्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मकृत्या (प्रातिपदिक; कर्म + कृत्या)

• जज्ञे: was born / came into being
• जज्ञे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वीर्यम्: might, heroic power
• वीर्यम्: Karma (of ‘अनुबुद्धम्’ = known/recognized)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रथमस्य: of the first (one)
• प्रथमस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुबुद्धम्: recognized/understood (afterwards), made known
• अनुबुद्धम्: Karma-predicate (agreeing with ‘वीर्यम्’)
• Type: Participle
• Root: अनु√बुध् (बुधँ अवगमने) → अनुबुद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• येन: by whom/with which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्यतः: raised, uplifted
• उद्यतः: Kartā (of ‘अभ्यायत’)
• Type: Participle
• Root: उद्√यम् (यमँ उपरमे/उद्यमने) → उद्यत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रः: the thunderbolt
• वज्रः: Kartā (apposition to ‘उद्यतः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभ्यायत: went/charged against, attacked
• अभ्यायत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि√या (या प्रापणे/गत्यर्थे)

• अहिम्: the serpent (Ahi)
• अहिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मुञ्चतु: may he release
• मुञ्चतु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुचँ प्रमोचने)

• अंहसः: from distress/sin/evil
• अंहसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Indra (vajra, ahi/Vṛtra complex)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (subject to pada analysis)

Mantra Rasa

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