Mantra 2
Sukta 36
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शॄङ्गाभ्यां रक्षो नुदते मूलेन यातुधान्यः । मध्येन यक्ष्मं बाधते नैनं पाप्माति तत्रति
IAST Transliteration
śṛṅgā́bhyāṃ rákṣo nudate mū́lena yātudhānyàḥ | mádhyen yákṣmaṃ bādhate náinaṃ pā́pmātiḥ tatrati
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
With its two horns it thrusts away the demon; with its root the witch. With its middle it checks consumption: no evil thing dares pass unto him.
Word by Word
शृङ्गाभ्याम्with (two) horns
शृङ्गाभ्याम्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
रक्षःthe demon/evil spirit (rakṣas)
रक्षः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
नुदतेdrives away, repels
नुदते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√नुद् (नुदति)
मूलेनwith the root
मूलेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमूल (प्रातिपदिक)
यातुधान्यःthe sorcerers/witch-demons (yātudhānas)
यातुधान्यः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
मध्येन्with the middle (part)
मध्येन्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यक्ष्मम्disease/consumption (yakṣma)
यक्ष्मम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
बाधतेoppresses, drives off
बाधते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√बाध् (बाधते)
नnot
न:
(सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एनम्him/it
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पाप्माevil, sin, malignity
पाप्मा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिover, beyond (as preverb: ‘past/over’)
अति:
(उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति
तत्रतिpasses over, reaches (him)
तत्रति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√तत्र्/√तन्त्र् (वैदिक धातु; ‘to cross over/overpass, to get at’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Maṇi (amulet) as multi-functional protector
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
Mantra Rasa
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