Mantra 2

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जङ्गिडो जम्भाद् विशराद् विष्कन्धादभिशोचनात्। मणिः सहस्रवीर्यः परि णः पातु विश्वतः

IAST Transliteration

jáṅgiḍó jámbhād víśarād víṣkandhād abhíśocanāt | maṇíḥ sahásravīryaḥ pári naḥ pātu viśvátaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From Jambha, from Viśará, from Viṣkandha, from the Abhiśocana—may the amulet, the thousand-powered, encompass us and guard us from every side.

Word by Word

जङ्गिडः(the charm/amulet called) Jaṅgiḍa

जम्भात्from jambha (a harmful affliction)

विशरात्from viśara (a wasting affliction)

विष्कन्धात्from viṣkandha (a disease/obstruction)

अभिशोचनात्from afflicting grief/torment (abhīśocana)

मणिःthe gem/amulet

सहस्रवीर्यःof thousandfold potency

परिall around

नःof us / our

पातुmay (he/it) protect

विश्वतःfrom every side / on all sides

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgirasa lineages for maṇi-sūktas; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Jāṅgiḍa-maṇi (the amulet as empowered protective agent); implicitly also the banishing of named disease-demons

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; typical Atharvanic protective meter)

Mantra Rasa

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