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

Jene Asuras, die, immer neue Gestalten anlegend, — so beschaffen — aus eigener Svadhā-Kraft umherziehen, ob als Feinde aus der Ferne oder als nahe Feinde, die den Angriff tragen: aus dieser Welt, aus der Agniṣṭhā-Stätte, treibt er sie hinaus.

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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Vedic Cosmology

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