Mantra 17

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

घर्मः समिद्धो अग्निनायं होमः सहस्रहः । भवश्च पृश्निबाहुश्च शर्व सेनाममूं हतम्

IAST Transliteration

gharmáḥ samíddho agnínāyáṃ hómáḥ sahasraháḥ | bhaváś ca pṛ́śnibāhuś ca śárva sénām amū́ṃ hatám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This fervid offering, kindled by Agni, this oblation, thousand-smiting,—Bhava and Pṛśnibāhu, and Śarva: smite down that yonder host.

Word by Word

• घर्मः: the Gharma (heated oblation/ritual heat; hot offering)
• घर्मः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• समिद्धः: kindled, fully ignited
• समिद्धः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम्-इध् (धातु) → समिद्ध (कृदन्त)

• अग्निना: by/with Agni (fire)
• अग्निना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: कर्तृ (निर्देशक)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• होमः: oblation, offering
• होमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer’ से भाव/कर्मनाम)

• सहस्रहः: thousand-smiting; slaying by thousands
• सहस्रहः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-ह (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thousand-slaying/striking’)

• भवः: Bhava (a form/name of Rudra)
• भवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र-नाम)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पृश्निबाहुः: Pṛśnibāhu (‘speckled/variegated-armed’; a Rudra-epithet/name)
• पृश्निबाहुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Proper Noun/Adjective
• Root: पृश्नि-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-समास)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• शर्वः: Śarva (a form/name of Rudra)
• शर्वः: कर्तृ
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: शर्व (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र-नाम)

• सेनाम्: the army, host
• सेनाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमूम्: that (yonder)
• अमूम्: कर्म (विशेषण/निर्देशक)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हतम्: slain; (do) slay
• हतम्: कर्म (फल/अवस्था)
• Type: Participle (used predicatively/imperatival sense)
• Root: √हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ascribed in anukramaṇī to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers for martial hymns; exact r̥ṣi requires the AV anukramaṇī for 8.8.17)

Devata: Agni; Rudra-forms (Bhava, Śarva, Pṛśnibāhu)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by metrical count in pada text)

Mantra Rasa

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