Mantra 30

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (Śukla Yajurveda transmission; specific r̥ṣi attribution not explicit in the mantra).

Devata: Agni (as guardian of the Agniṣṭhā-loka) / apotropaic expulsion of Asuras.

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like prose-verse (requires metrical verification; the cadence is primarily liturgical rather than strict metrical).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये रू॒पाणि॑ प्रतिमु॒ञ्चमा॑ना॒ असु॑राः॒ सन्त॑: स्व॒धया॒ चर॑न्ति । प॒रा॒पुरो॑ नि॒पुरो॒ ये भर॑न्त्य॒ग्निष्टाल्लो॒कात्प्रणु॑दात्य॒स्मात्

Transliteration

yé rū́pāṇi pratimúñcamānā ásurāḥ sántaḥ svadháyā cáranti | parāpuró nipuró yé bháranty agniṣṭā́l lokā́t práṇudāty asmā́t ||

Translation

أولئك الأسورا (Asura) الذين، متقمّصين صورًا تتجدّد على الدوام، مع كونهم كذلك، يطوفون بقوةِ سْفَدْهَا (svadhā) الخاصة بهم—سواء كانوا أعداءً من بعيد أو أعداءً من قرب يحملون الهجوم—فإنه يطردهم من هذا العالم، من عالم أغنيشْتْها (Agniṣṭhā).

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

ये । रू॒पाणि॑ । प्रति-मु॒ञ्चमा॑नाः । असु॑राः । सन्तः । स्व॒धया॑ । चर॑न्ति । परा॒-पुरः । नि॒-पुरः । ये । भर॑न्ति । अ॒ग्नि॒ष्टात् । लो॒कात् । प्र-णु॑दाति । अ॒स्मात् ।

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

रूपाणिforms

प्रतिमुञ्चमानाःputting on / assuming (again and again)

असुराःAsuras

सन्तःbeing

स्वधयाby their own power / by svadhā

चरन्तिthey move / they act

परापुरःfar away / at a distance

निपुरःnear / close by

येwho

भरन्तिthey bear / they carry

अग्निष्टाल्लोकात्from the Agniṣṭhāla-world/region

प्रणुदातिdrives forth / expels

अस्मात्from this (place/one)

Entities Mentioned

Agni

Asuras (as adversarial powers)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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