Mantra 8

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्रव्यादमग्निं प्र हिणोमि दूरं यमराज्ञो गच्छतु रिप्रवाहः । इहायमितरो जातवेदा देवो देवेभ्यो हव्यं वहतु प्रजानन्

IAST Transliteration

kravyā́dam agníṃ prá hiṇomi dūráṃ yamárājño gacchatu ripravāháḥ | ihā́yam ítaro jātávedā devó devébhyo havyáṃ vahatu prajā́nán ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The flesh-devouring Agni forth do I drive afar: let him, the bearer-off of taint, depart unto King Yama. Here let this other Jātavedas, the God, with knowing mind convey the oblation unto the Gods.

Word by Word

क्रव्यादम्the flesh-eater (corpse-devouring being)

अग्निम्Agni (fire)

प्रforth, forward (prefix)

हिणोमिI drive/send

दूरम्

यमराज्ञःof King Yama

गच्छतुlet (him/it) go

रिप्रवाहःthe foul/defiling stream (i.e., the impure devourer/flow)

इहhere

अयम्this (one)

इतरःthe other (one), the remaining

जातवेदाःJātavedas (Agni, knower of all births)

देवःthe god

देवेभ्यःto the gods

हव्यम्the oblation

वहतुlet (him) carry/convey

प्रजानन्knowing, being aware

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Atharvanic seers in funerary/purificatory material (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions for AV 12.2).

Devata: Agni (as kravyād and as Jātavedas); Yama as destination/jurisdiction.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as commonly in AV 12.2 passages; metrical classification may vary by pada division).

Mantra Rasa

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