Mantra 12

Sukta 3

यदग्ने अद्य मिथुना शपातो यद् वाचस्तृष्टं जनयन्त रेभाः । मन्योर्मनसः शरव्या३जायते या तया विध्य हृदये यातुधानान्

yád agne adyá mithunā́ śápāto yád vā́cas tṛṣṭáṃ janáyanta rebhā́ḥ | manyór mánasaḥ śarávyā̀ jā́yate yā́ táyā vidhya hṛ́daye yātudhā́nān ||

What, O Agni, even to-day, from mutual cursing, and what sharpened weapon of speech the clamorous utterers beget—an arrow that is born of wrath and mind—therewith do thou pierce the Yātudhānas in the heart.

Lo que, oh Agni, aun hoy nace de las maldiciones mutuas, y qué arma afilada de la palabra engendran los vociferantes —una flecha nacida de la ira y de la mente—, con ella atraviesa a los Yātudhānas en el corazón.

यत्whatever / that which
यत्:
— (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय-निर्देशक)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
अद्यtoday / now
अद्य:
अधिकारण (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (avyaya)
मिथुनाpaired, in twos
मिथुना:
कर्म (यत्…शपातः—इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमिथुन (prātipadika)
शपातःcurses / imprecations
शपातः:
कर्तृ (जनयन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootशपथ/शप (प्रा. ‘शपात’ = शाप/शपथ-सम्बद्धः)
यत्and whatever / that which
यत्:
— (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय-निर्देशक)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वाचःof speech
वाचः:
सम्बन्ध (तृष्टम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (prātipadika)
तृष्टम्fashioned, sharpened/forged
तृष्टम्:
कर्म (जनयन्ति—‘what is fashioned/forged’)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootतृष् (धातु) → तृष्ट (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/PPP)
जनयन्तthey produce / generate
जनयन्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) → जनय (णिच्) वर्तमानकाल-प्रत्यय
रेभाःchanters, revilers (railing speakers)
रेभाः:
कर्तृ (जनयन्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootरेभ (prātipadika)
मन्योःof wrath / anger
मन्योः:
सम्बन्ध (मनसः इत्यस्य/शरव्या इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु (prātipadika)
मनसःof the mind
मनसः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (prātipadika)
शरव्याa missile/arrow (hurtful dart)
शरव्या:
कर्तृ (जायते)
TypeNoun
Rootशरव्य (prātipadika)
जायतेis born / arises
जायते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
याwhich (she/that)
या:
कर्तृ/सम्बन्ध-निर्देशक
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
तयाwith that
तया:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
विध्यpierce! strike!
विध्य:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध्/विध् (धातु ‘to pierce, strike’)
हृदयेin the heart
हृदये:
अधिकारण (देश)
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (prātipadika)
यातुधानान्the sorcerers/demons (yātudhānas)
यातुधानान्:
कर्म (विध्य)
TypeNoun
Rootयातुधान (prātipadika)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa tradition (Anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Agni (as purifier and reverser of hostile speech)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)

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