Mantra 22

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमबध्नाद् बृहस्पतिर्देवेभ्यो असुरक्षितिम्। स मायं मणिरागमद् रसेन सह वर्चसा

IAST Transliteration

yám abadʰnād bṛ́haspátir devébhyo ásura-kṣitim | sá māyáṃ maṇír ā́gamat raséna sahá várcasā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whom Bṛhaspati bound on for the Gods, (to win) the Asura’s stronghold—this Jewel came hither with its wondrous power, together with essence and with splendour.

Word by Word

• यम्: whom / which
• यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य

• अबध्नात्: bound / fastened
• अबध्नात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper/title)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेभ्यः: to/for the gods
• देवेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• असुरक्षितिम्: (their) protection from the Asura / Asura-warding protection
• असुरक्षितिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (abstract/result)
• Root: असु-रक्षिति (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स

• मायाम्: magic / wondrous power
• मायाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: the amulet / jewel
• मणिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगमत्: came / arrived
• आगमत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)

• रसेन: with sap/essence
• रसेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• वर्चसा: with radiance / splendor
• वर्चसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed to Atharvan/Angiras lineages for maṇi hymns; verse-level r̥ṣi not specified here).

Devata: Bṛhaspati; the Maṇi as empowered agent (secondary).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV narrative-apotropaic stanzas).

Mantra Rasa

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