Mantra 6

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उपब्दे पुनर्वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर्हेतिः किमीदिनीः । यस्य स्थ तमत्त यो वः प्राहैत् तमत्त स्वा मांसान्यत्त

IAST Transliteration

úpabde púnar vo yantu yātávaḥ púnar hetíḥ kímīdínīḥ | yásya sthá tám atta yó vaḥ práhāít tám atta svā́ māṁsā́ni atta

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

At this adjuring word, back unto you let the sorcerous goers return—back, too, the missile, and the Kīmīdinī devourers. Whose ye are, him devour; who hath sent you forth, him devour; your own—his very flesh—devour ye.

Word by Word

उपब्देin/at the (place called) Upabda; at the near-sound/uproar

पुनःagain, back

वःto you / of you

यन्तुlet (them) go/come

यातवःthe yātus (sorcerers/demons; harmful beings)

पुनःagain, back

हेतिःthe missile/weapon; (harmful) blow

किमीदिनीःthe kīmīdinīs (harmful female beings/witches; disease-demons)

यस्यwhose

स्थyou are / you stand

तम्him/that

अत्तeat/devour!

यःwho

वःyou (pl.)

प्राहैत्struck/assailed (you)

तम्him/that

अत्तeat/devour!

स्वाown, his own

मांसानिflesh (pieces of flesh)

अत्तeat/devour!

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (hymn-level tradition; verse functions within a counter-sorcery complex).

Devata: Mantra-directed to hostile agents (yātavaḥ, kīmīdinīḥ) under the coercive power of brahman (effective speech).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm against pada-count in a metrical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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