Mantra 6

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि प्रेयुर्देवपुरा ब्रह्म वर्माणि चक्रिरे। तनूपानं परिपाणं कृण्वाना यदुपोचिरे सर्वं तदरसं कृधि

IAST Transliteration

yádi preyúr devapurā́ bráhma varmā́ṇi cakriré | tanūpā́naṃ paripā́ṇaṃ kṛṇvāná yád upociré sárvaṃ tád arásam kṛdhi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If they have gone forth, those god-fortressed ones, and have wrought spell-armours—body-guard and all-around guard—whatsoever they have muttered thereon, make thou all that sapless, void of power.

Translation

S’ils sont partis, ces êtres fortifiés par les dieux, et s’ils ont façonné des cuirasses de brahman, garde du corps et garde tout autour, — tout ce qu’ils ont murmuré là‑dessus, rends‑le tout entier sans sève, privé de puissance.

Word by Word

यदिif

प्रेयुःthey went forth / departed

देवपुराःthe divine strongholds / forts

ब्रह्मsacred power; holy spell

वर्माणिarmours; protections

चand

चक्रिरेthey have made / they fashioned

तनूपानम्body-guarding protection (lit. ‘body-drink/guard’)

परिपाणम्all-round guarding; complete protection

कृण्वानाःmaking; while making

यत्whatever (that which)

उपोचिरेthey have spoken/uttered (in addition/over it)

सर्वम्all

तत्that

अरसम्tasteless; sapless; ineffective

कृधिmake (it)!

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras (verify in anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra implicitly as the countering power across the hymn; here the addressed agent is the ritual ‘thou’ (deity/power) who can make arasa

Chandas: Mixed/expanded Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (verify; verse is longer with appended clause)

Mantra Rasa

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