Rig Veda 10.162.1 — Mandala 10, Sukta 162, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.162
Rishi: Late Maṇḍala 10 protective/healing tradition; specific r̥ṣi uncertain in common catalogs.
Devata: Agni (rakṣohā) empowered by brahman; protective exorcistic-healing frame.
Chandas: Likely Tr̥ṣṭubh; requires scansion confirmation.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ब्रह्मणाग्निः संविदानो रक्षोहा बाधतामितः । अमीवा यस्ते गर्भं दुर्णामा योनिमाशये ॥
Transliteration
bráhmaṇāgníḥ saṃvidānáḥ rakṣóhā bādhatām itáḥ | amī́vā yás te gárbhaṃ durṇā́mā yónim āśáye ||
Translation
By the mantra-force, may Agni—fully awake in right understanding, slayer of the dark intruder—drive away from here the wasting power that has lodged with evil name in your womb, that lies in the birthplace.
Word by Word
ब्रह्मणाby/with the sacred formula (brahman)
ब्रह्मणा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √बृह् ‘वर्धने’ (निघण्टु-परम्परा) / ‘ब्रह्म’ = मन्त्र-शक्ति
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
संविदानःbeing in accord/being united (with), acting in concert
संविदानः:
कर्तृ (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple (Adjective) from verb
Rootसम् + √विद् ‘जानने’ (आत्मनेपद); क्त/शानच्-प्रत्यय (वेद. -आन)
रक्षोहाslayer of the demon (rakṣas)
रक्षोहा:
कर्तृ (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootरक्षस् + हन् (प्रातिपदिक-समास; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष: ‘रक्षसां हन्ता’)
बाधताम्let him/it drive away, repel
बाधताम्:
क्रिया (अग्निः कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√बाध् ‘पीडने/निवारणे’
इतःfrom here, hence
इतः:
अपादान
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतः (अव्यय; इदम्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
अमीवाdisease, sickness
अमीवा:
कर्म (बाधताम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootअमीवा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘रोग/व्याधि’
यःwho/which
यः:
कर्तृ (आश्रये इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गर्भम्embryo, fetus
गर्भम्:
कर्म (आश्रये इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
दुर्णामाill-named, malignant
दुर्णामा:
कर्तृ (यः…)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्- + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक-समास; ‘दुष्टं नाम यस्य’)
योनिम्womb, birthplace
योनिम्:
कर्म (आश्रये इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
आश्रयेclings to, resorts to, lies in
आश्रये:
क्रिया (यः कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + √श्रि ‘आश्रयणे/सेवने’
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