Mantra 23

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विषेण भङ्गुरावतः प्रति स्म रक्षसो जहि । अग्ने तिग्मेन शोचिषा तपुरग्राभिरर्चिभिः

IAST Transliteration

víṣeṇa bhaṅgurā́vataḥ práti sma rakṣáso jahi | ágne tigména śocíṣā tápur-agrābhir arcíbhiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With poison-power smite thou, full against them, the shatterable Rākṣasas. O Agni, with thy keen blaze, with flames whose forefront is burning heat, strike them down.

Word by Word

• विषेण: with poison
• विषेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

• भङ्गुरावतः: of the brittle/fragile one; of (one) having brittleness
• भङ्गुरावतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / अपादान (यदि पञ्चमी ग्रहणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भङ्गुरावत् (प्रातिपदिक; भङ्गुर + -वत्) अथवा भङ्गुर (विशेषण) + -वत्

• प्रति: against; towards
• प्रति: (दिशा/सम्बन्ध-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्म: indeed; just
• स्म: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (निपात)

• रक्षसः: the demons (rākṣasas)
• रक्षसः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: slay; strike down
• जहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिग्मेन: with sharp (fierce)
• तिग्मेन: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिग्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• शोचिषा: with flame; with blazing light
• शोचिषा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोचिस्/शोचिष् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपुरग्राभिः: with scorching, seizing-at-the-front (i.e., forward-grasping) [rays]
• तपुरग्राभिः: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपुरग्राभि- (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासः: तपुर + अग्र + आभि/आभा-?; वैदिक-विशेष-शब्दः)

• अर्चिभिः: with flames; with rays
• अर्चिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चिस्/अर्चि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed broadly to Atharvan/Angiras for rakṣoghna material)

Devata: Agni (rakṣohā, demon-slayer)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short pādas with imperative cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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