Mantra 49

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परा शृणीहि तपसा यातुधानान् पराग्ने रक्षो हरसा शृणीहि । परार्चिषा मूरदेवां छृणीहि परासुतृपः शोशुचतः शृणीहि

IAST Transliteration

párā śṛṇīhi tápasā yātudhā́nān párāgne rákṣo hárasā śṛṇīhi | párārcíṣā mū́radevāṃ chṛṇīhi párāsutṛ́paḥ śóśucataḥ śṛṇīhi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Crush away, with heat, the Yātudhānas; crush away, O Agni, the Rakṣas with impetuous might. Crush away with thy flame the false god; crush away the unsated, the raging, crush them away.

Word by Word

• परा: away, forth (as a preverb: ‘drive away’)
• परा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शृणीहि: shatter! crush!
• शृणीहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शृ (शृणाति/शृणोति; ‘to break, crush, shatter’)

• तपसा: by heat/ardour, by austerity
• तपसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यातुधानान्: the sorcerers/demons (yātudhānas)
• यातुधानान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)

• परा: away
• परा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sampradāna (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षः: the demon/evil spirit (rakṣas)
• रक्षः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरसा: with flame/heat, with fiery force
• हरसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शृणीहि: shatter!
• शृणीहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शृ

• परा: away
• परा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अर्चिषा: with (your) flame, with radiance
• अर्चिषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूरदेवाम्: the mūradevās (hostile/false divinities)
• मूरदेवाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूरदेवा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘false/hostile gods’, a class of beings)

• छृणीहि: cleave/shatter!
• छृणीहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छृ (छृणाति; ‘to cut, cleave, shatter’)

• परा: away
• परा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• असुतृपः: the life-sapping/never-sated ones (lit. ‘not satisfied with breath/life’)
• असुतृपः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: असु-तृप (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• शोशुचतः: burning, blazing, fiercely glowing
• शोशुचतः: Karma (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Participle/Adjectival form
• Root: √शुच् (शोचति) → शुशुच्/शोशुच् (intensive/desiderative-like present stem in Vedic usage)

• शृणीहि: shatter!
• शृणीहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शृ

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic rakṣoghna corpus (variable anukramaṇī attribution).

Devata: Agni (dominant).

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-mixed Atharvanic style (refrain-driven, not strictly regular)

Mantra Rasa

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