Mantra 4

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्ने त्वचं यातुधानस्य भिन्धि हिंस्राशनिर्हरसा हन्त्वेनम्। प्र पर्वाणि जातवेदः शृणीहि क्रव्यात् क्रविष्णुर्वि चिनोत्वेनम्

IAST Transliteration

agné tvácaṃ yātudhā́nasyá bhindhi hiṃsrā́śanír hárasā hantv enam | prá párvāṇi jātavedas śṛṇīhi krav yā́t kravíṣṇur ví cinotv enam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Agni, cleave the skin of the Yātudhāna: let the hurtful thunderbolt with vehement force smite him. Break forth his joints, O Jātavedas; let the flesh-eater, flesh-devouring, tear him asunder and strip him away.

Word by Word

अग्नेO Agni

त्वचम्skin

यातुधानस्यof the sorcerer/demon (yātudhāna)

भिन्धिsplit, pierce

हिंस्राharmful, violent

अशनिःthunderbolt

हरसाwith (its) might/force

हन्तुlet (it) strike/kill

एनम्him/this one

प्रforth, forward

पर्वाणिjoints, limbs (lit. joints)

जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni, knower of beings)

शृणीहिbreak, shatter

क्रव्यात्flesh-eater (demon/ghoul)

क्रविष्णुःflesh-devouring one

विapart, asunder

चिनोतुlet (it) gather/pick up; (here) pick apart, tear

एनम्him/this one

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras tradition (per anukramaṇī for AV 8.3).

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas) and allied devouring force (kravyād/kraviṣṇu)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (to be confirmed per edition)

Mantra Rasa

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