Mantra 13

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो३भियातो निलयते त्वां रुद्र निचिकीर्षति । पश्चादनुप्रयुङ्क्षे तं विद्धस्य पदनीरिव

IAST Transliteration

yó bhiyā́to niláyate tvā́ṃ rudra nicikī́rṣati | paścā́d anupráyuṅkṣe táṃ viddhásya padanī́r iva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso, in fear, hideth him, and would work thee harm, O Rudra—him dost thou pursue from behind, as one followeth the footprints of a man that hath been pierced.

Translation

हे रुद्र! जो भय से छिपकर तुझसे बचना चाहता है और तेरा अनिष्ट करने का प्रयत्न करता है—तू उसे पीछे से वैसे ही पकड़ लेता है, जैसे भेदे हुए मनुष्य के पदचिह्नों का पीछा किया जाता है।

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

अभियातःhaving approached / having come near

निलयतेhides, takes shelter

त्वाम्you

रुद्रO Rudra

निचिकीर्षतिwishes/intends to do (harm)

पश्चात्afterwards, later

अनुप्रयुङ्क्षेfollows up / employs (afterwards)

तम्him

विद्धpierced, struck

अस्यof this (one)

पदनीःtracks, footprints

इवlike, as

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Rudra as pursuer and punisher

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (two-pāda compact threat-formula; scansion depends on recension).

Mantra Rasa

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